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    Shifting is poor when cold in Auto trans

    Hi, My protege5 has 123k km on it and it shifts hard when it's cold, about -20 at the worst, and I was wondering if a synthetic ATF would be better for my next change and if having a nice red color ATF means it's still fine.
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    cold starts

    I've always done that because i'm used to driving diesel equip, but i never knew it did that for gasoline engines.
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    Cold start at 32F, no crank 1st/2nd attempt but start?

    I had a jeep TJ 4.0l once and I drove it in water up to the shifter, and it started doing that. It ended up being the clutch safety switch that would not be telling the engine it was engaged when I was starting. I never fixed the problem I just pumped the clutch until it finally started. I sold...
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    Cold Start trouble, Change oil to 0w-40?

    Hi everyone, I have a 2003 protege 5 with the stock 2.0 and during the summer with the recommended 5w-20 it would crank a lot to start so I switch to 5w30 mobil one synthetic, and now when it's -20'C it cranks for 3-4 seconds before starting, and I was wondering if 0w-40 Synthetic would help the...
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