I have recently moved to central washington. My land rover is in snow and single digits for the first time. I have no garage and she sits in fridgid temps. is there anything i should be adding to a tank of gas that LR's like. Of course i always keep the tank full and my coolant levers kosher but i would appreciate any insite . When i start it in the mornings she takes a while to warms and seems like she takes a littler longer to turn overis that normal-thanks caleb

 

What year, how many miles, what octane are your using, what oil weight and what have you done around a tune up?

 

Wouldn't hurt to test your aantifreeze to see how cold it will go untill it freezes.

Willie

 

Hi Mike, I have a 2003 disco with 67,000 miles . I always use 93 octane, also i use the oil recommended in the owners manual for cold weather, i believe 5w 40..also 11 months i had a valve job with new plugs and wires. also they said i needed a purge valve ( whatever that does for me) . what else do you think i should have done for a 60,000 maintenance. Should i be worried about tranmission changes , front and rear?

 

First, why a valve job at 67,000 miles?????
PM me with your tele number and we can talk about what you still need.

 

It is normal for it to take longer to start when it is that cold, the oil is thick and the battery is not full.
It will take longer to warm up because the very soul of the truck is the same temp as the outside air.
So if it is +5 when you get up in the moring then so is the inside of your engine. Until the whole engine is warmed up you wont have much heat.
No need to add anything to the gas tank, just use good gas.
When it is that cold out let it warm up for 5-10 minutes before driving and then drive like a grandma until the temp gauge reaches normal.

 

Wouldn;t hurt to purge out the power steering and ACE systems, if so equipped, with synthetic or similarsub-zero temp rated fluid that will stay thin in extremely cold temps. Just lost a power steering pump in the last cold snap to hit the NW.
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Don't know if the LR electronic's (control unit) can handle the lower temps but, while I was in northern Maine if you wanted to start your engine when it was 30 below (or more) we used Slick 50 in our oil - follow recommendations. I'm learning these vehicles (LR's) are computer driven and was told (in Maine) that there are vehicles that (once Slick 50 is added) - the computers cannot compensate for it. It's good stuff however, I'm not qualified to tell you how it will work in a Land Rover.

I no longer live there

Robert