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-5 and beyond
Cold soak with -5F as the low for about 6 consecutive days at the lot -- covered in ice, went to start it during a +3F warmup (2 HOT summers, EOC-ing over that time, and about 4-5 years on the batt). Cleared the ice/snow first (my personal coolant is on "C" now). Really slow cranks, 4-seconds later, and it fires! Acura stock replacement... worked well so far. Still waiting for that day to call AAA.
High idle at about 2000 RPM, "D" selected -- 2 seconds to engage, very slow to shift to 2nd (forced manual). The fluids have to be thick. Meanwhile, I'm frozen! After about 5-10 minutes on the highway and it's warm (gotta hand it to the rad-block -- simply a cookie sheet modified to block the frontal area of the rad area). Crummy mileage on that tank, tho -- despite the tune up.
More cold on the way, not quite the Dakotas or the Canadian Plains, but still windy and cold.
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