Montana Winter
 

I was wondering if anyone else had been through a -30 degree winter with their disco? I am wondering if she is going to need a block heater and what else I should plan on doing before this winter to ensure that she will get through just fine. Thanks.

Mines been through Buffalo, NY winters but it don't get that cold here. Make sure you change your oil to something like 5W30. Not sure about the engine block heater.

My Disco I, RR, and Series lived through several (miserably cold) Colorado winters (-40 to -50 for a few nights). Block heaters, 5W30 oil, Optima battery, I think that's all i did to prepare. Air suspension at -39° is a pain. Also, your tires might take a few rotations to get the overnight flatter spots rounded out. I also remember the shocks being super stiff until they moved around a bit.

Oh, if it's super cold, make sure you crank for up to 30 seconds to see if it will fire up rather than cranking for 5 seconds over and over and flooding your engine. If you're in a small enough town people actually leave their trucks running while getting groceries. I don't miss the sensation of your nose hairs all freezing instantly at all.

You need a good synthetic, like a 5W/30 along with either a Mobil 1-301 or a K&N filter# 3001 and you will be fine.

thanks for all the responses, im pretty pumped to take her into some deep snow!

Snow is fun but. I had the joy of getting stuck in one of our lesser used driveways (in between 2 orchards) on the way home from getting pizza. There were ruts and we had a few feet of snow that melted a bit formed a crust and then got snowed on. Suffice to say I ended up with all 4 tires off the ground and the family got to eat cold pizza while I dug my truck out at night in the middle of a near blizzard.