When starting from
a cold start the engine will turn over, reach around 1000 rpm, then die.
So if I understand correctly,
every cold start the engine the engine wants to stall / misfires?
After
the cold start the engine is temporarily fully uncoupled from the cooling circuit, considerably shortening the warm - up phase with its high loss of friction.
Not exact matches
This is because the
engines are built to such fine tolerances that
starting the car up with a
cold engine would damage it instantly.
«The increase in emissions at lower temperatures is related to a more pronounced
cold -
start effect,» when a gasoline
engine is less efficient because it's not yet warned up and its catalytic converter is not yet on, the study noted.
A new concept might help to efficiently treat exhaust gases after the
cold start of
engines and in urban traffic and to reduce the consumption of expensive noble metal.
The concept can be used among others to significantly improve catalytic performance after the
cold start of combustion
engines and when driving in urban traffic.
90 percent of all pollutants are produced in the first minute after a modern gasoline
engine cold -
start.
What tends to be overseen in the diesel debate: gasoline
engines contribute to particulate emissions in the cities, too, especially in places where many
engines do a
cold start.
The researchers also found that almost all emissions in properly functioning, new vehicles came out immediately after
starting the cars when their
engines were
cold.
Yet, the catalyst would still have to work when an
engine is
started cold and must clean up the exhaust before reaching 150 degrees Celsius, more than 100 degrees Celsius less than current systems.
«The lower operating temperatures during
cold start are due to increasing fuel efficiency in advanced combustion
engines, which leaves less energy in the tailpipe exhaust,» said Abhaya Datye, a distinguished professor at UNM's Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and study co-author.
Yet the catalyst would still have to work when an
engine is
started cold and must clean up the exhaust before reaching 300 degrees Fahrenheit, significantly lower than current systems.
The lower operating temperatures during
cold start are due to increasing fuel efficiency in advanced combustion
engines, which leaves less energy in the tailpipe exhaust, said Datye, a study co-author.
As the other answers say, the
engine will idle high to
start with, as the ECU compensates for the
colder block and thicker oil by running the
engine richer.
Most likely, one or more of your glow plugs have failed (so they don't heat up the cylinders and promote ignition when the
engine is
cold), or the system that turns them on at
cold start is malfunctioning.
Another scenario one can imagine is that the app doesn't display the higher consumption shortly after
starting a
cold engine.
When it gets down to -15 F, it'll even do a thing where it
starts to idle after
start, then just shuts off and I have to restart it every time when the
engine is
cold (second
start it'll stay running as long as I don't touch the brake until it gets some heat in it).
Temperature: When the
engine is
cold, the material shrinks, so there is some changes at the compression ratio, and that makes the power slightly different, or maybe the
engine can not
starts.
However it does make it very much easier for the
engine, so
starting will be easier in adverse conditions (
cold / altitude) where otherwise the
engine might not catch.
So not only does it suffer a high rate of wear at
start - up and when the
engine is
cold, it suffers a high rate of subsequent corrosion during normal running or even when stationary.
my car has been consuming oil for a while now but only recently has
started to smoke when it is
started while the
engine is
cold.
The
engine would get enough spark to
cold -
start, and was turning fast enough to keep rotating if it didn't get enough spark to fire, but had too much resistance when the
engine was hot.
Most non-plug-in-hybrids have an EV mode that can be activated for these short trips to prevent the internal combustion
engine from
starting due to being
cold,...
my Chevy Cruze 2011 on two of the past extreme
cold days (Canada), the temperature was on -32 to -38, didn't have the power to
start the
engine.
In addition to that,
cold engines and oil demand more power from the battery to
start than at normal temperatures.
It doesn't do it on the first
cold start but as soon as the
engine is warm I
start it up and a few seconds into driving it bogs down feels like its lost all power and then shortly after you can see...
However, this alone will not explain why the
engine misfires only when
cold, since the
engine should be running in
cold -
start enrichment mode to avoid that scenario.
Cold - start enrichment is there for a reason; cold engines need the extra fuel injected to compensate for the relative lack of fuel vaporizat
Cold -
start enrichment is there for a reason;
cold engines need the extra fuel injected to compensate for the relative lack of fuel vaporizat
cold engines need the extra fuel injected to compensate for the relative lack of fuel vaporization.
Id take it back to the shop, drop it off for a day so they can
start it with a
cold engine and replicate the issue.
Apart from a pronounced
cold -
start diesel clatter, the
engine is reasonably quiet, the suspension strikes a decent balance between composure and cushiness, and the cabin impresses with much - better - than - expected fit and finish.
Some vehicles equipped with a 6.0 L diesel
engine may experience white smoke, lacks power, exhaust odor, surges, runs rough, or no
start when
cold.
I had similar symptoms in my»97 Civic: ran great when
cold, tough to
start when
engine was hot,
engine would stall under load (getting going from a stop), but would also have an intermittent rough idle.
Also, if
cold start enrichment is required for ethanol
engines, then it does definitely emit VOCs, as all of the ethanol in a rich mixture can not burn.
The misfire happens after a
cold start with minimal throttle (note the time since
engine start in the freeze frame).
In the morning, when the
engine is
cold, it
starts fine with a single crank.
Again; this only happens during a
cold start; never during a «warm
start» when the
engine oil is already warmed up, nor during driving.
Basically, when the
engine is
cold, it
starts like a dream.
Car always has 10 - 12 degrees of ignition timing at idle on
cold start then progressively drops to 0 degrees ignition timing at idle once reaching full operating temperature and
engine fan cuts in.
Being from Canada, I feel compelled to mention that if you do not depress the clutch while
starting when it is at all
cold out (let's say < 0 Celsius) you will notice the starter motor labouring significantly as it spins both the
cold engine and the
cold transmission.
Turn the choke ON to
start a
cold engine.
When you wait 30 minutes, the
engine has had a chance to become slightly
colder, and therefore, the
cold engine start procedure works.
The
cold weather prompted the Voltec system to
start up the gas
engine for a short while, and as I got to the Tech Center, I had used 3.1 kW - hrs for 5.8 miles and 0.10 gallons for 2.6 miles.
After a week of driving, the power steering
started to screech whenever I turned the wheels while the
engine was
cold (with warm
engine the eerie screeching sound...
The ECU thinks the
engine is always
cold, and is trying to
start a warm
engine like it would
start a
cold engine.
When the
engine is completely
cold or at normal operating temperature it consistently cranks quickly and
starts great within two seconds.
Yours, apparently is not opening the ground and the
cold start valve is spraying fuel in when hot, in which case the
engine floods and will not
start.
The hot
start relay provides a delayed intermittent spray from the
cold start valve when
engine hot and cranks more than 2 - 3 seconds.
Cold engine test:
Start the
engine.
The trouble is that they have very small inlet / outlet holes to admit oil, and often get clogged up, restricting the flow of thick,
cold oil at
engine start and causing the tapping noise.