Ok,guys My car is a 94 honda civic, Aight this morning I went out to go to school and I got in my car and turned the key and it hesistated a little
I turned the key and it spun over and then slowed down and then fired right up. I only had to turn the key once.
This is the first cold day of the season here it dipped down to about 1 degrees here. could the cold be zapping my battery? Could I be out of cold start amps? If I am how can i measure this. Help me guys thanks

 

get your battery tested. when they are cold, the amps do go down quite a bit. and remember to test your coolant to make sure its good down to those temps. thats freakin cold. it never seems to drop below about 30 degrees here, and thats usually only for an hour or so in the mornings, and only for a couple of days a year. sometimes i like going to the higher country, like Reno and Tahoe, just to breath in the 5 degree air. something cleansing about it.

 

A nice trick to try sometime if you have some halogen work lamps sitting around is to just leave one of those puppies on under your oil pan overnight. Rent-a-block-heater. You car will love you for it in the morning.

 

Also, how long had your car been sitting? If it sits long enough, the oil drains down to the bottom of the engine, that's when you get the "dry start" which is had on your engine.

 

When it's cold I take my battery home...

 

or get one of these:

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