As we all know, it's been bitterly cold lately at night. I've always been a believer in (or maybe it's just OCD) warming the car up for at least two minutes to get the oil flowing and the fluids warmed up a little.
Well some of us know that, at least in the 2.5 turbo, idling the engine would take an hour just to move the needle off of cold so I just go after a minute or so, but when I turn the wheel it's like turning the wheel in a parked standard car, just awful to try to turn it and it almost kills the battery, i.e it makes the headlights dim almost off and sometimes it squeals. My fluid is normal and good looking, what could be wrong? It does this for a while until the needle is on that line about 1/4 of the way up. It also drives a little rough when cold.
Well some of us know that, at least in the 2.5 turbo, idling the engine would take an hour just to move the needle off of cold so I just go after a minute or so, but when I turn the wheel it's like turning the wheel in a parked standard car, just awful to try to turn it and it almost kills the battery, i.e it makes the headlights dim almost off and sometimes it squeals. My fluid is normal and good looking, what could be wrong? It does this for a while until the needle is on that line about 1/4 of the way up. It also drives a little rough when cold.