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Old 06-13-2014, 08:14 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
Where I live(Winnipeg MB, Canada), the winters are brutal. Very cold and very snowy and icye winter and my consumption was around 8.5-9 L/100KM. The CVT just would not "downshift" in the winter. I was driving at above 2000rpm for 20-30 minutes before the engine would warm up. It was frustrating, but I don't think there's any way around it.

Any thoughts or comments, or tips on the winter RPM issue would be appreciated.

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Gremlin
What does "Very cold" amount to in Winnepeg? -25°C? -40°C? At extreme cold temps, conventional oils get extremely viscous compared to synthetic. Research synthetic fluids for the CVT if you don't already use them. (Not sure if there are any problems that would arise from that, I never owned a CVT car). On a manual transmission at -40, I've stalled my engine (350 V8!) in neutral because the conventional tranny oil was so viscous.

Attaching an adhesive mounted heating pad to the tranny may be a wise idea.
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