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Subject:Re: Cold start
From:Anthony Zygmunt
Date:Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:26:41 -0800

What weight oil do you run.  If the oil it to heavy
(IE 20W 50), this could cause this.

Tony Z
--- David Prendergast <dprendergast@TRIAD.RR.COM>
wrote:

> Noticed last night and this morning when I started
> up the westy it
> hesitated for a few seconds before turning over as
> if the battery was
> low or something and when it did it made a funky
> scraping sound like
> there was not enough lubrication in the engine, but
> only for about 2
> seconds after it turned over.  Now it's been cold
> here in NC the last
> few days, like 18 degrees in the morning and I've
> never had this happen
> before, but it's still strange.  Any suggestions?
>
> Dave
>
> PS: She only has 68k miles on her and she leaks
> absolutely nothing.
> Recent Maintainence:  New fuel lines, coolant, cap
> and rotor, water pump
>

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