Driving a Geo Metro in Extreme Cold

It's brutal driving a Geo Metro in Winnipeg winters!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• geo
• metro
• winnipeg
• canada
• manitoba
• cold
• freezing
• snow
• squeals
• worn
• out
• landongendur

[abbas224]

I thought engines were supposed to perform better in the cold? The air is more dense so more oxygen is getting to the engine... this is how nitrous oxide works.

[landongendur]

@abbas224 - the air being cold is ok, it's just the rest of the engine parts &fluids that hate cold. Hence why the engine sounded more like a lawnmower when I first started it.

[josh131987]

@landongendur put a winter thermostat in it and put a carpet infront of the radiator

[landongendur]

@josh131987 - There was some cardboard blocking the front grill. Unfortunately a new thermostat won't work because the engine coolant still needs to circulate in order for the heater to work. I now drive a '91 Tercel and even though its engine is 50% larger, it still has the same warmup issues :(

[josh131987]

@landongendur what a winter thermostat does is it allows the coolant to warm up more before it lets it through so the air coming out will be warmer

[landongendur]

@josh131987 - you mean it prevents the coolant from circulating before the engine is fully warmed up?

[josh131987]

@landongendur and i live in stoon

[josh131987]

@landongendur ive have a metro and a fire fly and i had a swift and sprint they are all the same car made by suzuki there are both the hatchback and sedan versions the hatchback has a 3 cylinder engine the sedan has a 4 cylinder engine ive owned both and none of them have done what your saying in the movie

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

@SolomonJonesIsBack Its probably not warming up because of a thermostat valve that is stuck open.

[jbonham10]

It was so cold and the Geo metro only comes with a 3 cylender moter so it would take a long time to warm up at that cold.

I have 3 Geo's I live in Alberta and they give me good heat for that small moter.