winter driving

ok, has anyone put a cold front or cardboard behind theier grill to help with heating in the cold winter? i did, and the thermostat acts wierd, but was thinking its just from being below zero, and driving 80mph that caused it to warm up, and then cool back down. in town, it heated just fine, but down the intertsate, it cooled off.

Just make sure your heat riser is hooked up and you shouldn't need anything else... That seems a little weird but I don't know I've never done that to any vehicle.

Zac

sounds like the thermostat is stuck open, time to replace it

just replaced it this past summer. and no heat riser, as it is gone. pacesettter! ya, its really wierd

yeh i blocked off the one in my daily cuz it will warm up when its cold in like 45 minutes. so i blocked it off and now it warms right up with no problems.




-justin

Did you buy a stat from Canadian Tire by any chance? I've bought a few of them and they suck ass. If you did, try grabbing of form the deal as they're more reliable and better quality.

Dale

i think this is what i need. i live in everett, wa and a lot of mornings its bellow freezing and it takes the car forever to warm up. so waht did you meen by blocking off? please tell me cuz i really hate sitting in a freezing car and waiting for it to warm up. thanks

just put a piece of cardboard behind the grill. to make it work decent, i took the hole grill off, and zip tied it on. has held up so far.

yea it works but watch out sittin in traffic it will over heat real easy and you dont want to cook your head

i did it and it worked. i just put a peice of cardboard between the radiator and the AC condensor. it covers about 3/4ths of the radiator and heats up fast. and it doesn't overheat. exept yesterday when i was trying to see my top speed it almost did so i took it out for a bit lol. 75mph. i think i can hit 80 without the cardboard lol