Avoid a Difficult Vehicle Start.
After a lifetime living in Pennsylvania, you're used to the quirkiness of the weather and its effect on your car. But you try not to let that stop you from attending events and other activities in Mechanicsburg. That's why you are planning to enjoy the Christmas Candlelight Walking Tour tonight at the Mechanicsburg Museum Association along Strawberry Alley. Unfortunately, you know it's going to be hard to start your car to get there and back because of the cold weather.
It's a fact! Cars are hard to start in the cold.
The fact that cars are hard to start in the cold is so common that it's almost a joke. Auto.howstuffworks.com says there are three main reasons a car is reluctant to start in the cold:
- Gas is harder to burn in cold weather making it harder to ignite the engine.
- Oil also gets thicker so when you try to start a cold engine, the engine has to push around the cold, gooey oil and that makes it harder for the engine to spin. In really cold places people must use synthetic motor oils because these oils stay liquid in cold temperatures."
- The chemicals inside batteries take longer to react in the cold and provide the battery with less energy to work.
All three of these problems can make it impossible to start an engine in really cold weather, auto.howstuffworks.com says. People either keep their cars in heated garages or use 'block heaters' to get around these problems.
Of course, there could be other problems that interfere with a car's starting. So, it might not just be the cold weather that's affecting your vehicle. If you need help starting your car, contact the Meineke Car Care Center on Carlisle Pike in Mechanicsburg for a solution. If the Mechanicsburg location is inconvenient, you can contact one of the other 12 Meineke Car Care Centers in South Central Pennsylvania.
- Meineke Car Care Center - Pleasant View Road
331 Pleasant View Rd, New Cumberland, PA 17070 - Meineke Car Care Center - Rodney Road
1775 Rodney Road, York, PA 17408 - Meineke Car Care Center - South Queen Street
855 South Queen Street, York, PA 17403 - Meineke Car Care Center - 2nd Street
201 N. 2nd Street, New Freedom, PA 17349 - Meineke Car Care Center - Baltimore Street
871 Baltimore Street, Hanover, PA 17331 - Meineke Car Care Center - Carlisle Pike
6510 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 - Meineke Car Care Center - Carlisle Street
1125 Carlisle Street, Hanover, PA 17331 - Meineke Car Care Center - East Chocolate Ave
1401 East Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033 - Meineke Car Care Center - Gettysburg Road
2236 Gettysburg Rd, Camp Hill, PA 17011 - Meineke Car Care Center - Jonestown Road
4509 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17109 - Meineke Car Care Center - Manheim Pike
1220 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601 - Meineke Car Care Center - Market Street
2301 E Market Street, York, PA 17402 - Meineke Car Care Center - Paxton Street
3098 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA 17111
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