Exactly One Cold Start

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • The temperature's low and off to work I should go. Is Naughty Truck up to the challenge?
    Temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit.

Комментарии • 122

  • @Blindtechnician
    @Blindtechnician 2 года назад +34

    This is not meant to pressure or bother you in anyway but I am really happy that you’re making videos again. That said, make them whenever you feel like, stay safe and be well.

    • @karenbyfield3702
      @karenbyfield3702 2 года назад

      Be careful , he might flip and send you a few paragraphs on how he owes you nothing and he does what he wants and how dare you challenge him

  • @misterrocks3035
    @misterrocks3035 2 года назад +9

    The only certainties in life are death, taxes and the vaunted first comment someone beat me to.

  • @onurtim7
    @onurtim7 2 года назад +8

    Sudden smile at notification as always.

  • @jacktorse2145
    @jacktorse2145 2 года назад +7

    In my experience that unhappy sound is the power steering pump struggling to get the fluid moving. I upgraded my old Chevy with Red Line synthetic power steering fluid, and barely makes a peep even in the coldest temperature winter throws at it!

    • @mattscullin5844
      @mattscullin5844 2 года назад +1

      I recall hearing that noise from new-ish GM trucks on very cold days when I worked for a rental company in far upstate New York.

  • @thekeykeeper2009
    @thekeykeeper2009 2 года назад +9

    Behold. The coveted first comment.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +7

      I was hoping for something a bit wittier, but given the hour and how tired I am and you probably are as well...
      Well, OK. I'll try anyway. 'I'm cranky in the morning and so was Naughty Truck, just not anything like as much."

    • @thekeykeeper2009
      @thekeykeeper2009 2 года назад +3

      Like my personality. To the point. Next time I will be sure to exceed the character limit....

  • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
    @JohnSmith-xq1pz 2 года назад +4

    Cold start video yeah!
    Personal record for cold start minus 25c with a windchill the old man's Pontiac vibe fired right up, though getting warm enough to produce heat was an entirely different story lol

  • @Roadsguy
    @Roadsguy 2 года назад +5

    Never thought I'd see a uxwbill video in 4K. How long did this one take to upload?

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +5

      About twenty minutes. That was done mainly as a litmus test to see who needs a new hobby. ;-)

  • @vacexpert2020
    @vacexpert2020 2 года назад +4

    That sound I believe is the power steering pump, my daily makes the same noise when it's this cold

  • @OBC-radio
    @OBC-radio 2 года назад +4

    The kind & gentle soul of the Old Cold Forgotten Buick lives strong in this one 😎

  • @chrismaster1
    @chrismaster1 2 года назад +4

    It was a little nippy here in Mid GA. Round the mid 30s (of course compared to 0, I'd bet anybody would take mid 30s).

  • @scgamer2442
    @scgamer2442 2 года назад +4

    I hate to be nosy uxwbill but is the wagon still kicking? I certainly hope so,
    I haven't heard mention of it in quite some time.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +11

      Wagon stays in the garage during the winter. Not much to say, it was out a while back for some 'Covid Cruises" that took place. They were great fun and a nice way to see a community come together. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for the bozos (nice word) to ruin it with their huge trucks and bad manners.

  • @techrja
    @techrja 2 года назад +6

    I've just found this channel again after 5 years of forgetting what your username was. I've always loved watching and remember seeing videos on the old dell dimensions and you shouting "smoke test" when plugging them in. Just seeing this channel again brings nostalgia to me.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +1

      I'd say you might want to subscribe, yet I know even that might not be enough. I've had people tell me they were unsubscribed from my channel and it's happened to me with other channels. No warning and the channels in question were not taken down.

    • @techrja
      @techrja 2 года назад +2

      @@uxwbill Thanks for replying! I was subscribed with an older Google account that I lost and when I made a new account and channel, I forgot to resubscribe to you. Not being able to remember the username was bugging me ever since, untill now.

    • @Browningate
      @Browningate 2 года назад +1

      I usually have the opposite problem with getting video recommendations for channels that I'm not subscribed to, but watch content from occasionally. Not with the @@uxwbill channel though! I've been subscribed to that one for probably over a decade now. 😎

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 2 года назад +4

    Chilly stuff, given -1f is around -18c, that's some cold air there... :S

  • @ataristeve9753
    @ataristeve9753 2 года назад +4

    Methinks Naughty Truck is a night owl also. Sounds like it didn't get enough caffeine this cold morning.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +2

      Where's the filler for extra caffeine on the truck? :-P

  • @Blazer2533
    @Blazer2533 2 года назад +3

    Bill you are so lucky to have such cold temps wherever you may live..Down here on the Gulf Coast it has been raining and staying around 50-80 Degrees so I would take snow and 1 degree days over these hot temps! Such a lucky person you are! also good to see a video from you again...

  • @peterlely1185
    @peterlely1185 2 года назад +3

    Hard to start and she smokes, as I say of me motor car and me wife.

  • @Dakota_B_
    @Dakota_B_ 2 года назад +4

    Cold for me is like 40f.

  • @1marcelfilms
    @1marcelfilms 2 года назад +4

    I HATE MORNINGS
    I HATE COLD

  • @grantmackinnon1307
    @grantmackinnon1307 2 года назад +3

    That would be tropical here right now

  • @JasonHalversonjaydog
    @JasonHalversonjaydog 2 года назад +2

    yeah -28 here the other day, and another place in MN was officially the coldest spot in the entire US they said, at -37 yuck!

  • @jestertech3790
    @jestertech3790 2 года назад +2

    I hear that same noise of the starter drive sticking whenever I start both my '98 suburban and '74 GMC in the cold.
    I had to start the '74 this morning (not too easy when you are running 20w50 oil) and the starter was literally smoking.

  • @beachsandinspector
    @beachsandinspector 2 года назад +2

    was only 35 deg C here today, cooling was going full blast.

  • @johnmf1177
    @johnmf1177 2 года назад +2

    Wish you and yours a safe, healthy, and prosperous 2022!!

  • @jerkmcnostril154
    @jerkmcnostril154 2 года назад +5

    Still love your channel! Been watching since 2010 I believe

  • @dawn1berlitz
    @dawn1berlitz 2 года назад +2

    its colder where you are currently than where it is where i am i woke up to 30°f

  • @tallboyyyy
    @tallboyyyy 2 года назад +3

    Unfortunately due to fuel injected engines, unless you have a weak battery, cold starts are typically lacking in drama. If you are lucky the starter might have to crank an extra beat or two but generally everything starts right up. Back in the early 90s I had a 1979 Chrysler LeBaron with a carbureted slant 6. If the temp was below 0°F the chances of it starting were about 10% even with a strong battery.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +2

      One must work with what they have...

    • @tallboyyyy
      @tallboyyyy 2 года назад

      @@uxwbill Understood. I'm not complaining. Just saying. I'm in favor of any video you decide to make. It's always nice to see what going on in uxwbill land.

  • @tricogustrico
    @tricogustrico 2 года назад +5

    I do cold starts with the lights off.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +1

      They're automatic on many GM products and I didn't feel like overriding them. They go out when the starter motor is put into circuit.

    • @DavidWonn
      @DavidWonn 2 года назад +1

      I don’t know about modern GM specifically, but in Hondas I made a habit of simply pulling the emergency brake before starting to override the automatic lights while I warmed it up and went back inside during the colder days.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +2

      @@DavidWonn Knowing myself, if I had to do that, I'd forget and add an extra source of heat to the vehicle!

  • @matthewbestdfghy
    @matthewbestdfghy 2 года назад +4

    I'm expecting sleet and freezing rain today.

  • @RetroPCUser
    @RetroPCUser 2 года назад +2

    The coldest it'll get in my state will be Monday night/Tuesday morning (5°F). Good thing I gave my car a tuneup back in 2018.

  • @KC4RAE
    @KC4RAE 2 года назад +3

    It was 8º F yesterday. Sixteen degrees at 6am Saturday.
    The starter sticks on the Buick just whenever. It sticks when it's warm and cold. It's also very loud when it does it. Strangely enough, when the temperatures dipped down to single digits, it didn't stick. It's been doing that since I've had it. Never cared to fix it.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +1

      The upper teens were as warm it got here. For Saturday, they've changed the report several times. The last time i looked, it was on "wintry mix" later in the day followed by everything freezing. I sure am glad I don't have anywhere to be!
      I could only guess that the cold changed the clearances just enough to get the starter working properly. Wouldn't it be something if somehow it stayed fixed?
      As best I remember, it's kind of a pain to get at, right by the A/C compressor and refrigerant lines. There's also some kind of a metal can (maybe a muffler?) inline on at least some of them.

  • @commnuvellestudios8307
    @commnuvellestudios8307 2 года назад +2

    My car sounded a little strange today. Most likely from sitting in the 8 degree weather

  • @westhouse4641
    @westhouse4641 2 года назад +2

    Good on you bud letting her warm up. Does both you and the motor good. Best of luck, best of days. Keep the good times coming!

  • @davidwilliams9450
    @davidwilliams9450 2 года назад +3

    Looks like a check engine light is illuminated.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +4

      Too bad they don't make the whole truck out of material with the same quality as that bulb.
      Thousands of years from now, I imagine future archaeologists finding the remains of a car. Assuming they figure out how to hook up the correct kind of battery, that lamp will be the one thing that still lights up and works.

  • @gerredstallings465
    @gerredstallings465 2 года назад +2

    Keep a good battery in and keep using it if there's days u don't at least go out and start it and let it run for a while turn on the heater if needed good video I hope the wagon is still doing good to

  • @2dfx
    @2dfx 2 года назад +3

    That whine is probably your power steering pump...my 07 whines the same way

  • @dougdays8095
    @dougdays8095 2 года назад +3

    Florida or bust !! lol... sick of winters

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +8

      I sure wouldn't trade this for Florida. At least the cold kills off the bugs, and in spite of ever more people trying, the drivers are at least a little better.
      Edit: Although not my favorite season, I like winter. I think snow is beautiful after it has just fallen and before it gets all messed up...a true miracle of nature.

  • @Gilerajohannes
    @Gilerajohannes 2 года назад +2

    I drive a moped/scooter all year and it can be cold in 0 celsius degrees or less

  • @AiOinc1
    @AiOinc1 2 года назад +3

    Good old LS/LQ engines, they just last forever. Always fire up right on time!

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +1

      Back when I bought this truck, I wondered if the 4.8 V8 would be sufficient. Oh yes, it definitely is. (I'd still like to try a 5.3 sometime, owing to its E85 capability and variable cylinder deactivation.)

  • @markm0000
    @markm0000 2 года назад +2

    Man I’ve really been missing your old videos explaining how electronics work. Nobody takes the time to really explain it just whatever gets views.

  • @andysrandomness
    @andysrandomness 2 года назад +2

    Stay warm out their here in NYC we won’t hit 20 on Tuesday January 11th 2022

  • @taunusv4power
    @taunusv4power 2 года назад +2

    Nice to see you again man!! Missed your videos!

  • @mharris5047
    @mharris5047 Год назад +1

    My sister has a 2005 Chevy Silverado with about 370K miles on it, it still runs great although it has needed the usual for a truck that well used like brake lines and the truck's computer box.

  • @VampireGracie
    @VampireGracie 2 года назад +5

    It's a Chevy, it will start every time

  • @Underappreciatedclassics
    @Underappreciatedclassics 2 года назад +2

    Good to see you again UXW! Stay warm and will see you again soon.

  • @KrissBartlett
    @KrissBartlett 2 года назад +3

    if was me Bill i would turn lights of when starting my car but hey that is me !!!!!but hey its 39c today way over 100f across the pond this is

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +4

      Like most late model GM products, the lights are automatic. They can be manually overridden if I wanted to do that. I didn't see the need as they cut out automatically when the key reaches the "start" position.
      One also shouldn't let their battery get to the point where it's so bad that the headlights coming on would make that difference.

    • @KrissBartlett
      @KrissBartlett 2 года назад

      @@uxwbill i have a older car thanks Bill

  • @TheTechnicalWizard
    @TheTechnicalWizard 2 года назад +2

    Great video! Stay warm, Bill!

  • @michaelcoffey7362
    @michaelcoffey7362 2 года назад +1

    cool, it was 18 here in Weaverville, NC this morning , I enjoy cold start videos

  • @herbiehusker1889
    @herbiehusker1889 2 года назад +1

    When it is 0F, I usually don't go anywhere. You should stay home too.

  • @MaxieRetro
    @MaxieRetro 2 года назад +1

    To you as well! In my part of the modwest we've been experiencing windchils of -20... So bindle up and limit your exposure to the weather as mush as possible!

  • @Sir_Ruby
    @Sir_Ruby 2 года назад +2

    What's that check engine light about??? Lol.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +3

      Nothing about which anyone cares, doubly so at that kind of mileage.

  • @bakonfreek
    @bakonfreek 2 года назад +1

    Hey, my car (a 2014 Dodge Avenger) makes the same noise when starting in finger freezing weather like what we've had recently (like, over the weekend recently). I always chalked it up to the car being a salvage, but then, the nature of why it needed rebuilt suggests that basically everything in the front is new so, I dunno, maybe it is just that cold.

  • @lifein207
    @lifein207 2 года назад +1

    I was in Texas on vacation for 10 days and did some cold starts when I got back home to Maine. My Honda oddesy did not make the cut haha. Hope you have a great new year uxwbill! Always makes me smile when I see you posted a video!

  • @redneckbryon
    @redneckbryon 2 года назад +2

    Fun Times

  • @Lorre852
    @Lorre852 2 года назад +1

    As advertised, exactly one cold start. Love it

  • @bdtews
    @bdtews 2 года назад +1

    Miss you! I watched you before MANY others

  • @OraEtLabora0
    @OraEtLabora0 2 года назад +1

    4k?! what's going on? thought you said no HD any time soon...

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +6

      It was a test to see who needs a hobby vs. who cares about what's actually important.
      Somewhat pedantic point: 4K isn't HD. My videos have been in high definition for at least a few years now. Even I get dragged along on the technology train eventually.

  • @HiVizCamo
    @HiVizCamo 2 года назад +1

    Nice odometer there, impressive and glad to see high milers.

    • @vacexpert2020
      @vacexpert2020 2 года назад +2

      Anything but a modern Nissan will last many a mile with maintenance

  • @UHOH3300
    @UHOH3300 2 года назад +3

    Now if you want some real fun try starting a 7.3 powerstroke with a bad glow plug relay!

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +5

      Been there, done that with a GM/Detroit 6.2 diesel. At least a few of the glow plugs still worked on it. Maybe. Kinda.
      A 78 amp single V-belt driven alternator is a joke, doubly so on a truck with two huge batteries, but that's the General for you. How they ever thought that'd keep up _and_ charge the batteries with the A/C, MVAC blower, and headlights on I don't know. Especially as I'm sure it wouldn't maintain that 78 amp figure for long!

    • @Peter_Yachymczyk
      @Peter_Yachymczyk 2 года назад

      Ah the T444E great engine!

    • @theblindredneck747
      @theblindredneck747 2 года назад

      @@uxwbill i’m sure I’m preaching to the choir when I say this, but even with all eight glow plugs working 6.2s can be a bear to start. Lol

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +4

      Yes, there were so many times I was almost late to school back in the day! And then of course I drove it maybe eight whole blocks (well, it seems about ten times longer in the winter, when it's snowing sideways, uphill both ways, etc.), which surely gave the batteries a complete charge and recovery from everything that had been taken out of them.
      I think everyone who is just starting out with their driving career ought to drive a vehicle like that. With a heavy cast iron engine in the front and nothing like as much weight in the back, it'd teach you respect for its limitations. Likewise when you drove through a huge puddle, making the power steering/hydroboost brake pump belts slip, only to have a stop sign surely pop out of the ground suddenly. You used both feet and stood on the pedal, praying that you'd stop or at least that nobody was coming. :-)
      As with most GM automotive electrical, the truck's electrical system had a passing relationship with the concept of working properly. One time the glow plug controller just stopped doing anything for several months, and then one day it just popped back into working again!

    • @UHOH3300
      @UHOH3300 2 года назад

      @@uxwbill Reminds me of my first winter as a new driver with a 1977 BMW 320. No power steering and RWD plus it only weighed 2200lb. I bought snow tires real quick after doing a complete 180 on a highway accidentally

  • @markschommer7407
    @markschommer7407 2 года назад

    Had to jump both the old cars to get them to start but in their defense they've been sitting for I think 3 weeks. Its been about that cold here in northeast Wisconsin. I think tomorrow night and Monday night they are saying about -10F. No trouble with the GMC Terrain(My daily driver). Hope your day goes well and we shall catch you later.

  • @chezsnailez
    @chezsnailez 2 года назад

    Looks-a lichen you got a few frosted flakes on your windscreen...

  • @mr.t9546
    @mr.t9546 2 года назад

    I always enjoy a cold start video. I'm a;so glad that you keep everything to the point and post what you want posted. Also, I haven't ever saw a clickbait from you.

  • @odius94
    @odius94 2 года назад

    An unexpected Bill, loved it! Stay warm!

  • @80fordmustang6
    @80fordmustang6 2 года назад

    It’s been cold out by me in Illinois that my old cherokees ignition feels like the grease has froze and the wiper motor makes a awful noise

  • @thelazyfishkeeper2730
    @thelazyfishkeeper2730 2 года назад

    good morning, a cool here in s.c. a balmy 32 degrees at 10:30 amhave a good day. stay well

  • @darkwind9000
    @darkwind9000 2 года назад +1

    Does your dad still own that nice red F-150?

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +6

      It was stolen in late 2019.

    • @darkwind9000
      @darkwind9000 2 года назад +6

      @@uxwbill Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry to hear that happened. :( Hopefully the car had full insurance coverage.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +8

      It'd be silly to put full coverage on a well used, rusty 1998 model year truck with over 150,000 miles on it. So, liability only insurance it was. Full coverage wouldn't have given us anything for it anyway.

    • @darkwind9000
      @darkwind9000 2 года назад +4

      @@uxwbill Oh I see. I wasn't sure on the state it was in. Unfortunately our Rust belt cars don't last long.

  • @obieewon
    @obieewon 2 года назад

    It was 21 here in Hiawassee Ga this morning

  • @Bluethunderboom
    @Bluethunderboom Год назад

    What happened to the windshield window?

  • @fender5247
    @fender5247 2 года назад

    Good morning bill and happy new year

  • @rrcoster
    @rrcoster 2 года назад

    Hope have good start of the year and see more videos this year

  • @northhankspin
    @northhankspin 2 года назад

    She sounds happy.

  • @Peter_Yachymczyk
    @Peter_Yachymczyk 2 года назад

    I love that back when practically every display in a vehicle was a VFD I see you also have the OEM class-II radio VIN locked (unless you remove that EPROM chip but then you get an cal. error though)

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад

      The radio's not locked out and functions normally. Removing that EEPROM is like unto swatting flies with a shop hammer. It's not the right way to solve the problem.

    • @Peter_Yachymczyk
      @Peter_Yachymczyk 2 года назад

      @@uxwbill Oh sorry I thought I saw the red LED on I guess the EEPROM is the cheap way out though but I think you can't save stations though?
      I wonder if such a cheap way exists for the newer (but still older now) GMLAN versions?

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +7

      The red light blinks as a suggestion to would-be thieves that they should immediately examine said vehicle for goodies. Or that they should look for a vehicle that might actually have an aftermarket stereo worth stealing. :-P
      On the bench and hooked up to power, the firmware in these radios won't let you turn them on. (There is a special key sequence that will let the radio play for a few minutes when operated this way.)
      In having swapped the radio in this truck from the UB0 (CD only) to the UB1 (CD+tape), I noticed with great interest that with the key in the "ON" position, you can play the radio normally even if there's a VIN mismatch, as there would have been. Only when I turned the key to "RUN" did the radio lock itself out. This leads me to believe that before the BCM wakes up and the radio can communicate with it to check its VIN record with that of the BCM, that the CAN bus line to the radio is being held high or low, and as long as the radio "sees" that it will power up. I suspect eBay sellers that show these radios powered up are doing something similar. I have yet to try it.
      As I had no problem providing proof of having legally acquired the radio, I took it to a GM dealer and had them put it through the VIN relearn process. This radio came from a truck with the Bose speaker system, and also had to be reprogrammed for use with the non-Bose speakers in this truck. The dealership in question swore up and down that couldn't be done and there was an actual difference in the radios. I suspected that was not the case, that all the functionality boils down to the way bits are set in two EEPROMs.
      I provided them with line sheets for both trucks and a copy of a conversation I had with an electrical engineer at GM who designed at least part of this radio. When I came back an hour later, the radio played perfectly and was set for the proper speaker system without issue. The service technicians were all quite surprised and said "we had no idea you could do that". I believe that what one does is load settings (or as GM calls them, "calibrations") into a Tech II tool from a computer and then the Tech II sends the new options to the radio.
      I should and probably will eventually make a video about this.

    • @mman454
      @mman454 2 года назад

      @@uxwbill please do! There’s many others who’d find that info useful!

  • @karenbyfield3702
    @karenbyfield3702 2 года назад +3

    See you news years 2023, because that is when we will get your next video.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +3

      Provably incorrect. But thanks for playing!

    • @karenbyfield3702
      @karenbyfield3702 2 года назад

      @@uxwbill bill, then prove me wrong. You are a youtuber first, your job and family should always be second fiddle that

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +7

      I'm amazed at the number of people who in spite of what I have stated being the absolute truth, will continue to argue that something else must be true.
      I'll say it again: RUclips is and always has been something I do for fun. If you really think for a moment that RUclips has priority over my family, job, or *anything* else, I have nothing to say other than you are sadly and completely mistaken.
      I don't owe you or anyone else a damn thing on this or any other site. I hope that's clear enough. I don't know how to make it any clearer.

    • @immenseLOTUS
      @immenseLOTUS 2 года назад +3

      @@karenbyfield3702 People who are youtubers first usually have youtube ad revenue as their primary income, do they not? They usually have sponsors and spend lots of time on ad reads. Or professional editing... I dont know how long you have been following UXWBill, but i have been for about 10 years now and i dont think i've ever seen him attempt to monetize his videos like that, or try to make them to be anything else but a hobby. He's literally just taking a camera and recording what he normally does.

    • @JustAGuy85
      @JustAGuy85 Год назад +1

      @@karenbyfield3702 Joke was clear enough to me lol..

  • @tomyyoung2624
    @tomyyoung2624 2 года назад +1

    Yes you are wrong. branded vista computers sold between 2007-2009

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  2 года назад +4

      I wasn't really asking and this video has nothing to do with that anyway.

    • @tomyyoung2624
      @tomyyoung2624 2 года назад +2

      @@uxwbill yes meant to pressure or bother you in anyway