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> Baby it's Cold Outside, Driveing 914's in winter
john grier
post Dec 7 2010, 07:29 PM
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Yeah it's cold here!
And I am driveing my 914 as a daily driver.
Is there anything that I should be concerned with?
The only proplem that I have noticed is that it takes awhile to shift right,
as it is cold and has to warm up.
And the door does not want to close the way it should. Sometimes.
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post Dec 7 2010, 07:30 PM
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That 90W oil in the tranny takes a while to get liquid in cold temps.
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post Dec 7 2010, 07:31 PM
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I drive mine in the winter if snow isn't expected. All the time in fact. You need to make sure your drive is long enough yo get the oil up to full temp. Other than that, nothing to worry about as far as I'm concerned.
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post Dec 7 2010, 07:31 PM
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go to 70 weight gear oil in the tranny for the winter.
Start it in neutral with the clutch out, let it warm up a bit till the gear oil gets warm.

Funny how you find things like the door that wont close when 20 degree air is coming in....lol
Fix the door.

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post Dec 7 2010, 07:39 PM
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It's sure a pain in the a$$ when it gets cold. I had to put the roof back on this month. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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post Dec 7 2010, 07:43 PM
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QUOTE(Elliot Cannon @ Dec 7 2010, 05:39 PM) *

It's sure a pain in the a$$ when it gets cold. I had to put the roof back on this month. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)


You mean you actually left the warming blanket and your house to go outside?
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post Dec 7 2010, 07:57 PM
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I think I will drive it a few more days.
Most likely they will start laying down salt brine next week.
I will not drive it then.
I plan on putting it up for the winter this weekend.

How long should it idle to get the tranny fluid warm?
Or do you have to drive it to warm it up?
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post Dec 7 2010, 08:03 PM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Dec 7 2010, 07:31 PM) *
Fix the door.


Any suggestions about potential cause/solution? I've been meaning to post about this problem, but as the snow has flown here in Chicago, my car is in for the winter, so I didn't worry about it too much. My right side door has always been a bit recalcitrant. Now I can't get it to close at all. I can manually flip the little horsehoe thingie (latch?) and get it to release with the inside or outside handle, but it won't engage the post on the door jamb. I think everything is in adjustment. When I messed with it a bit a couple years ago I couldn't get anything to move around anyway.

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post Dec 7 2010, 08:19 PM
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All I was told about the door was that I need to lubricate it.
Before the cold weather it would close with the touch of a finger tip.
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post Dec 7 2010, 08:53 PM
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shift early, and double clutch till she warms up (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)
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post Dec 7 2010, 09:08 PM
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My first 914 was my daily driver for most of the 80s. I'd let it idle for just a few minutes only then easy shifts until it warmed itself up. It never let me down. December through March I'd take the Mahles off and put snow tires on an old set of steel rims. Awesome!!

Of course the last time I went to jack it up it pretty much broke in half so . . .

snow driving in a 914: good.
road salt in a 914: not good.

your results may vary.
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post Dec 7 2010, 10:06 PM
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Ahhhh memories. In the late 1980's a 914 was my daily driver. It had no heat and I had a 45 minute drive from home to college. Nothing like driving with the window cracked a bit to prevent the windshield from fogging or icing up on the inside on a below freezing winter day.
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post Dec 7 2010, 11:02 PM
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QUOTE(Richard Casto @ Dec 7 2010, 11:06 PM) *

Ahhhh memories. In the late 1980's a 914 was my daily driver. It had no heat and I had a 45 minute drive from home to college. Nothing like driving with the window cracked a bit to prevent the windshield from fogging or icing up on the inside on a below freezing winter day.


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Or driving 45 minutes from work to your dorm without heat in single digit temperatures. Cold, like fingers turning blue inside your lobster gloves, cold. After doing that for a while I really appreciate my new car. That said, I'll take a 914 with snow tires over any other car in the snow. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Rich is right, the 90W gear oil does get pretty viscous. It literally would take me 45 minutes of driving to warm it up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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post Dec 7 2010, 11:35 PM
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Is there anything that I should be concerned with?

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post Dec 7 2010, 11:42 PM
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Christine loves the snow!

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post Dec 8 2010, 12:25 AM
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Oh yeah... remember to clean the snow from the wheel wells and rocker panels. At least on my car it builds up pretty quickly!
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post Dec 8 2010, 11:12 AM
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QUOTE(smontanaro @ Dec 7 2010, 09:03 PM) *

QUOTE(r_towle @ Dec 7 2010, 07:31 PM) *
Fix the door.


Any suggestions about potential cause/solution? I've been meaning to post about this problem, but as the snow has flown here in Chicago, my car is in for the winter, so I didn't worry about it too much. My right side door has always been a bit recalcitrant. Now I can't get it to close at all. I can manually flip the little horsehoe thingie (latch?) and get it to release with the inside or outside handle, but it won't engage the post on the door jamb. I think everything is in adjustment. When I messed with it a bit a couple years ago I couldn't get anything to move around anyway.

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Start a thread, show pics of your door closed, the gap etc.
I dont use litheum grease anymore...it gets to dirty.
Old grease can turn into stone when its really cold...almost the consitancy of frozen peanut butter...
Remove the latch and clean out all the old grease...then lube it.
I use teflon lubricant I get at the bicycle store.....its magic.
Its called Tri-Flow
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post Dec 8 2010, 11:25 AM
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When I lived in Salt Lake City in about 15 degree weather I had the CV bolts break leaving a stop light. It fell on the shift bar and bent it...A pic of my cold 914 many years ago....

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post Dec 10 2010, 09:12 AM
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It was 6 degrees when I left my house this morning. Brrrrr.
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post Dec 10 2010, 09:21 AM
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It feels like it is still 6 degrees out.
Dang....

I noticed that with the right tires, these cars are alot of fun, but you really need to raise up the suspension or they can easily get high centered on about 6 inches of snow...

Its kinda like a snowboard.

I am enjoying my nice warm bmw this year, but the rear wheel drive makes it very interesting for me...its been a long time since I had RWD in the winter...
I have the VAN for backup and its FWD and a tank in the snow, so I figure I will take that when its deep.

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