The stuff for taking water out of gas is isopropyl alcohol (most common
trade name I've seen is HEET).
I agree, all of the MoPars I've driven seem to start better when it gets
colder. Had a '76 Charger SE w/ 400 that would start INSTANTLY even after
sitting in -25-degree weather all day in South Dakota. 'Course, it did have
an MSD 5-C on it ;~)
-----Original Message-----
From: fawcett@uism.bu.edu <fawcett@uism.bu.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 12:09 PM
Subject: DML: Re[2]: Truck no cold start (Dave)
><<Dakota content my 99 4x with a 5.2 did not start yesterday morning, temp
was
>-7 Celsius (approximately 20-25 degrees for you guys in the States) this
>is the second time at this same temp that my truck has not started any
>ideas before I take it in to the idiots oops!, I mean dealer>>
>
>That's weird, my '98 318 seems to love the cold and fires right up...
Besides
>20-25 isn't that cold anyway. It's cold enough to freeze any water in the
fuel
>line though, which is the only problem I can think of. Do you think you
might
>have bought some bad gas somewhere? I think there is a gas tank additive
that
>supposed to get rid of any water in your tank. You may want to try some
before
>you see the idiots and get the old NTF report! ;-)
>
>Tom
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