fx4 fr3ak

haha oooops :p

fx4 fr3ak

outside plugged in

Truck owner

Wow!! If your in that kind of cold weather,, I don't think 15 minutes is gonna warm that engine up..But I found that as my truck warmed up and then dropped in rpm's, just like thermostat opening up..and it idled at 500rpms it shifted smooth into drive w/o any hop or jerk..But your in some serious cold..Thank goodness you got a block heater..

11screw50

I cannot say I've experienced any issues related to cold weather but we have not been anywhere near -40 here.

Chris74

The engine will warm up much quicker than the tranny fluid. In the bitter cold weather (-20 to -40) we have had here this winter I have seen it take about a half hour of driving before the tranny fluid warms up to normal operating temp. Even though the engine coolant warms up reasonably quick while sitting idling, the tranny fluid will not.

I drive my truck very, very gentle until things start to warm up close to normal temps. And strongly suggest synthetic oil (still change at regular intervals)........if nothing else, for the cold startups alone!

packplantpath

I can't imagine how long it would take to warm the tranny at those temps. The coldest we get is right at freezing and it takes 30-40 minutes to get the tranny up to 170 f st those temps. My mpg suffers until I get to ~160

isthatahemi

Can the BS dude. It hasn't hit -43 in winnipeg in January EVER!
It has been around -30 lately here though.

fx4 fr3ak

And it's only going to get colder tonight.. So you were saying..?

fx4 fr3ak

Winnipeg!

2013FX4RD

The "feels like" temp has no affect on vehicles to my knowledge.