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Old 12-30-2008, 09:28 AM   #7 (permalink)
lunarhighway
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thanks for the thorough explanation...

when towing the car it did indeed start right when i let the clutch out...
whe the car has driven it will restart pretty well too, so if I add all that my best option is to give it an oil change to something a little thinner than what's in there now?

i suppose i'll give that a try...My girlfriend is not to much into technical stuff... i know the car has had maintenace a few months ago before going to tech inspection, and i would assume that included an oil change, but perhaps not or maybe they put in the wrong grade of oil...

i'll see if i can find what ford sugets, and than perhaps back it off a little? it might be a daft idea but there wouldn't happen to exist something i could safely add to the oil to make it more suited for these temps... than again i'll probably be better off replaceing the whole lot anyway.

lets hope that sorts it
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