BMW and it's cold engine start up issues..

[Bmw 325i 7803]

Is it just BMW or do other cars behave strangely when starting up in the cold? One would think since Germany has a cold weather climate and lots of snow that their cars would behave well in the mild winters we have in the Northeast.....[???1]

 

[Bmw 325i 7803]

BTW do the old BMW's behave the same in the cold weather?

 

[PuShAkOv]

I also have a feeling that American cars behave much better in winter. A lot of times people have a German car for summer and an American car for winter.

 

[Bmw 325i 7803]

At least theres one honest person here

 

[dzervit]

My '03 325 doesn't do too bad in the cold. But then again, the single digit temps have not hit yet. A beautiful 30 degrees today. The bimmer is garaged, and turns over nicely. However, it does require some pre-warming and if you decide to leave immeadiately it will reward you with a sputter if you try anything but a nice and easy launch out of the driveway. My Expedition will do the same sometimes.

 

[Bmw 325i 7803]

Well I just turn the engine on and go..... The BMW manual says to do so

 

[jrt67ss350]

Well, my '87 325 does fine in the cold weather we've had so far - starts right up and idles at about 1000 rpm for the first 2 minutes or so, then the idle drops back down to the normal 700ish RPM. I just get in the car in the morning, start it and go - no sputtering or anything. My Camaro, on the other hand, will consistently start, immediately die, restart, and has to sit and idle for a good 7 minutes or so (to get a water temp of at least 150 degrees) before being driven if it's freezing temps outside, but that's a different story. Gotta love carburetors!

 

[frolf]

well when i go to school in the mornings, lately it has been around 5-15 degrees. I start with the clutch engaged and the car immediately revs to about 1800rpm's, then it drops to 1200, and revs to 1800, it does this abuot 6 times then settles at around 1000rpms for a while, then idles down at its usual 500rpm.

the one thing that really pisses me off though is that the BMW CD changer won't work real well until its warmed up a bit, it even says in the manual that it won't function properly under 32 degrees fahrenheit.

 

[PuShAkOv]

My car is great during winter... except for the first 5 minutes of cold mornings when I have to hold the door while driving for it don't close. Otherwise, its perfect. I never drive aggresively in the morning anyways.


P.S.

Got my new laptop today.