I've had a problem when starting cold for the past few weeks.

when it gets to 10 or lower (F) and my jeep has been outside, when I start it, It makes a honk sound. like when you move a wooden chair over a tile floor kind of sound.

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just for about 1/4 second.

after that it's fine.

I was thinking it was the engine from not having oil on such cold days, but now I wonder if it's the defroster or something else. I'm gonna check it out. I'd be glad to find that it's not metal on metal and just a belt or something.

 

Awesome let know

 

turned off the defroster yesterday when it was -5 and it made a worse noise than ever.

today was much warmer, almost freezing, so it didn't make any noise at all.

 

I make sure to shut off all accessories when I park it, so it's not the AC. Also I always make sure to allow the fuel pump to build up pressure before starting it. Fortunately here in this part of Colorado it hardly gets extremely cold (below 10°), if it did, an oil heater would definitely be in order.

 

Same here in low temperatures, I have the engine (lifters) noise too, and it is getting worse...

 

Anyone have a dealer look at and actually fix this? My concern in component failure down the road in cold Minnesota winters.