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Originally Posted by Buckethead
Yeah, I'm in minnesota, and its been single digits for a while, with odd spikes of 20s and such. Frozen water in the fuel lines happens quite a bit up here (that is what I meant to say, not just frozen gas, thanks for the correction!) especially with older cars, and especially with cars that have been sitting for a few months under 3 feet of snow in a kids driveway lol You're even more north than I am, so you know whats up when someone lets their car sit for a while!
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Oh the joys of winter!
Actually thats never happened to me
But have heard of it happening, but usually when it's that cold, as a general rule the vehicle that doesn't get driven often, doesn't get driven at all
I think though that for the most part the gas companies put in some additives to help prevent problems like that.
I do have the problem of my starter solenoid freezing in the on position. (at about 0 farennheight or colder) I'll shut the car off and it still keeps cranking!! I need to fix that, but winter is almost over so it should be ok soon
You should check to see if you are even getting fuel to the fuel rail, easiest way would probably be to pull out the cold start injector and have someone try to start the car, and of course you should get a good squirt of gas out of it.
^ thats probably the easiest thing to take off to see if it's giving gas.
EDIT: forgot to mention, it seems that the cause of a high idle is often related to a vacuum leak.