Maybe cold starting is altogether different from hot starting, but as
others have said in the cold you need thin oil, well charged battery and clean
connections at battery and cable ends.
In a message dated 9/30/2009 9:17:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
garywinblad@comcast.net writes:
When I first got my Tiger in 1971 with the stock 260, original everything,
it had troubles starting hot. It would not crank, after it was running,
it ran
fine. It turned out to be a weak battery, a new one fixed it up fine.
I thought it odd at the time... when it was cold and the oil was thick, the
battery had been discharging all night and colder is weaker, etc. but when
cold it started right up.
I forget what the original problem was, but if it just will not crank, try
a new
battery.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Howard gentry
To: Jim & Carolyn Burruss , tiger list
Sent: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:25:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Fw: [Tigers} Oil Temperature
Hello,
Good call..a totally advanced dist. would crank hard...and I can think of
no instance where engine oil will seize an engine..unless it is really
frozen.
My 1965 Ford 289 Hi-Po cranked fine in Colorado at 20 degrees below zero
with
10w-20 Valvoline in the crankcase..My MG-B also never skipped a beat at
those
same temps.
Howard
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From: Jim & Carolyn Burruss
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