COLD -25C COLD START DIESEL CHEVETTE

Will the old 1982 Diesel Chevette start up, in this frigid weather? Another cold start.......?

[@clayfree7428]

My first car was a new 1984 chevette. You didn’t pass ANYONE on the road but it was a good little car. Had a stereo system, tinted windows and white letter tires! HELL YEAH!!!!!!

[@h8troodoh]

Love all the" personal experience " stories on here.. hilarious at times.. 🤣🤣

[@koleosborne4939]

Amazing to see another diesel chevette running, I've been having a hell of a time reviving my 83

[@h8troodoh]

Why, it's an Isuzu diesel should fire like nothing...

[@benzlover55]

Unless there's something majorly wrong with it, like the injection timing is way off, it should fire fairly easily...

[@DaisyHead666]

You sound EXACTLY like ZiptiesNBiasplies. Without as much obscenity.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Those Isuzu engines and transmission are pretty good!👍

[@stoneylonesome4062]

Poor Man’s W123 200D

[@michaelcaldwell4890]

Amazing! I'd love to have one for the fuel economy and life longevity!

[@elirenigar9357]

That’s alright!

[@michaelcaldwell4890]

And I see some comfort features! A/C, tilt steering wheel and a Denon Deck!😀

[@altacat9702]

: )

[@MrOnemanop]

Nevelife. Thanks. Never seen one in real life. (Poor car!)

[@mattt198654321]

There's more than ONE chevette left in the Canadian North? Color me impressed!

[@michaelsphotography2529]

I had a 1982 4 door you have to hold the throttle to the floor when you do a cold start. You let it up when you have a big black cloudLOL.

[@johannjohann6523]

So is it the Chevy Chevette, Or the Chevy Monza that is the absolute worse stinker of a car GM ever built? I always thought riding in a Chevette felt like riding in a coffin. But I owned an '80 Monza, and it went faster. But in a more terrifying way. At least when it ran. lol

[@travismullins6501]

I would love to find a diesel I have a gas chevette and it’s the toughest thing I’ve ever owned they can definitely go multiple trips to hell and back and still keep going strong

[@louisbabycos106]

Is that just a diesel or is it a turbo diesel? Whats the horsepower and torque on it ? If it doesn't have a turbo on it how complicated would it be to turbo it ?

[@mkernen]

Sounds like all 4 horsepower are ready to go!

[@mkernen]

@@pnpracing4688 Ha ha, yeah, that would wake that car up!!

[@georgedaly9288]

lol

[@philojudaeusofalexandria9556]

The entire car might fall apart to a pile of rust and plastic if you try that again.

[@WymiataczPlays]

Hello there, could I use a fragment of your video for my coldstarting compilation? Of course I will put a link to your original video in the description, increasing the original’s popularity too. Thanks a lot for you answer in advance :) lovely car i'd daily the shit out of one. are they reliable? is the isuzu engine long lasting? (if you change the belt regularly that is)

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

Sorry, for the late response. Yes, you can use the video, with link.

[@chevy6794]

1 of 200? Crazy. My buddy had the exact same car. 5 speed. Started running bad and smoking white so he sold it. Turned out it was just a fuel line. It got wrecked and then turned into a saw mill. He also had a parts car that was a gasser but 5 speed with power brakes steering and A/C.

[@susanvaughn741]

You need a Tesla for that engine!

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

I just realized the speedometer is in MPH,. This must be the one diesel Chevette, that was brought up from Washington, USA

[@HomeSkillet832]

There's an amount in Oregon

[@rubinthomas8586]

My first car was a Diesel Chevette. I had to push start mine for a year. Grew up in northern California. Second car was a 57 Chrysler New Yorker with a 392 Hemi. I've been a mechanic for a long time, and there has been a lot if different vehicles 😂

[@concretepie9523]

Chevettes are really papular in Brazil as rear wheel drive cars are way to expensive (apart from VW Beatles and Chevettes) but they never came with Diesel engines in Brazil.

[@Papawheelie57]

Super cool to see chevettes out there. I had gotten a 1.6l with a 4 speed (engine and trans only). I put them in an electric 1984 cushman. I had also gotten a 1.4l engine and made mi own intake manifold to run 2 Mikuni snowmobile carbs. Runs really good actually. Id lime to have an entire car now lol

[@altacat9702]

: )

[@privatedata665]

Diesel Chevette was one of the slowest cars I have ever driven but the early diesel rabbit was even slower

[@SCREECHTRUMPET1]

Impressive! When I lived in Minnesota, if a diesel outside in the winter did not have a block heater plugged in, it did not start.

[@davidcampbell1899]

Being a Canadian my self, i am really surprised you didn't bust that shovel that is made in China! they dont last long getting the shit kicked out of them at -25C LOL!!!

[@tranzbrake]

What a racket. :)

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

I think she came loose from the motor mounts. Lol

[@grabasandwich]

I had an 87 4 door 25+ years ago. It had power steering and power brakes. I changed the hatch after I broke the back window bringing home the seized 283 for my old 63 Impala.

[@h8troodoh]

🤣🤣🤣

[@h8troodoh]

Did you ever manage to get that 283 up and running again? I'm very curious...lol

[@grabasandwich]

@@h8troodoh no, it was a waste to go back and get it out of the mud. The last owner pulled the whole front clip off when he took it out. It was probably seized, but sitting in the mud wrecked the cylinders even more. I scrapped the 283 and sold the Impala in 99-00 after tearing it apart.

[@h8troodoh]

@grabasandwich damn... I had a 66 impala 327 275hp option.. but I always have had a deep fondness for the 283. Better all-round engine imo..

[@grabasandwich]

@@h8troodoh I had actually yanked a 66 327 275 hp out of a 57 GMC farm truck owned by the same guy a year or two before I bought his Impala! Tore it down, gave up and sold it too. I suck lol.

[@CreRay]

Well it started awesome! What's not to like?

[@PapiDoesIt]

The Chevette was one of the very few vehicles I could outrun in my Type 3 VW back in high school.

[@ShopKatIndustries]

Nuthin' to it! Cheers!

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

You knew it was going to run, how's it going?

[@ShopKatIndustries]

@@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth there was never any doubt! Things are good, just working and trying to stay warm, yourself?

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

​@@ShopKatIndustriesdoing alright, thanks

[@mikeskidmore6754]

I have a full set of new brakes and drums for a Chevette and a Shop Manual , maybe new rotors too ..and wheel bearing seals ect..

[@alan6832]

Is the winter traction noticeably worse on the diesel than on a gas Chevette? due to the heavier engine in the nose? Is it easy to find Chevettes with posi? Why do open diffs even exist? I have a Metro, the Chevette's step grand niece, made in Canada as was my B200 van apparently, and despite Canadian winters, I hear there's no such thing as a Metro with posi. And in my case, the tiny engine doesn't help traction with FWD. Even my 4WD Dodge W150 has no posi. Why anyone would bother with all the added complexity of 4wd and then neglect posi is beyond me.

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

The diesel engine is about a extra 100 pounds over the gas setup. The diesel is great for winter driving, except the heat would suck, unless you blocked the rad. Starting up for cold weather, plug in the engine block heater, and all 4 glow plugs working prop, would be a must.

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

No Chevettes had a posi diff

[@alan6832]

@@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth That's insane. Do any aftermarket posis fit?

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

@@alan6832 there is no aftermarket posi, for any Chevette. 2 wheel drive S10 rear end is about 1/2 wider than stock. Still have to weld on stock spring hangers, and panhard bar mounts

[@1crazypj]

Except for diesel engine it's same car as my sister in law had in Britain but that was a Vauxhall. 😁 It was probably early 80's, I forget if she or my brother was driving when it got written off in a crash (probably his wife Lynne, my brother only wrecked other family members motorcycles ) 🙄

[@georgedaly9288]

my wife n i bought a brand new 1980 diesel chevette,great car!

[@philojudaeusofalexandria9556]

I can't find brand new 1980 chevettes anywhere these days 😭

[@wheressteve]

Twin turbo that badboy, 1 turbski for every 2 cylinders should get some 4 digit numbers on the old dyno !

[@louisbabycos106]

I wonder if an AMR 500 supercharger would be a good fit . It can handle up to a 2 liter gasoline engine and typically puts out 3 to 5 pounds of boost on a standard pulley . Not much mind you but you don't want to overstress the engine . Of course there is parasitic loss but no turbo lag .

[@johnreitz5676]

Actually owned a very used diesel Chevette as a work car for about 5 years. Never gad a problem starting it in even below zero (F) weather. These had a much better glow plug system compared to a VW or most Mercedes.

[@d.j_cam]

my dad drove a diesel Chevette 4 dr way back in the 80's, great mpg, no power 🙂

[@andregonsalvez9244]

Greetings from T.O and great to see these trusty workhorses still around . I haven't seen a Chevrolet Chevettes in a long time .

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

Check out my FB group "Chevettes of the North"

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

"Acadian driftwood, Gypsy tailwind They call my home the land of snow Canadian cold front movin' in What a way to ride, what a way to go..." (R.I.P. Robbie Robertson, 1943-2023)

[@sneakerfreak2002]

Had a clicking shovette back in the day. It was so loud you heard the clicking before the car rounded the corner in the distance 😂 never did figure out what was wrong. The clicking got so bad the car couldn’t go over 40 kms per hour so I had 2 sell it 😢

[@ChevettesoftheCanadianNorth]

All it needed, was to set the valve adjusters on the rocker end

[@jeffsmith-ze6wb]

I’d forgot about the shove it until I seen this. Good video I just subscribed!!

[@youtoobe169]

These are such interesting cars

[@SpecialAgentJamesAki]

Good good thank you brotha! 😁🤙

[@my1vice]

Wow.... A diesel Chevette.....

[@BMan100]

..wasn't the diesel FASTER than the gasoline cars?

[@new2000car]

It had either 49 or 50 hp. The gas had two sizes, 1.6 and 1.4. The bigger one had over 10 more than the diesel. I had a diesel with 3 speed auto. Its top speed on level ground was 56 mph. The gas ones could do 65 . Back in 1986 mine was an 81. They wanted, everywhere, $40 for a new air cleaner. Everyone else was paying like $3.99 for other cars. I washed mine in the kitchen sink. I didn’t have the money. A full tank of gas cost me $10, and that was all I had usually then

[@terminallygray]

Uh.....No. 75hp > 45hp

[@MarvinHartmann452]

​@@new2000carOh I remember these infamous air filters, you had to replace the whole metal thing. It could be replaced with another model I think. But I can be mixed up, it was so long ago.

[@billkea7224]

@@MarvinHartmann452 Sounds like the damned Vega air cleaner.

[@xaenon9849]

@@billkea7224 Same breed, IIRC. GM's official parts catalog for these things said you had to replace the entire air cleaner assembly instead of just the filter. Fram offered a conversion kit that had a more conventional setup with replaceable element. GM did everything they could to make these cars completely disposable

[@strikeryachts]

Classic.

[@chevy6794]

Haven’t seen a vette or scooter in years. Now I know why. They all went west. Lol.

[@terminallygray]

OMG !! I love diesel Chevettes. The first "good" car I bought was a 78 Chevette. I'll always remember the look on a friends face when I told him that there actually was such a thing as a diesel Chevette. ............rembering the days past with friends..... Oh yea.....I almost forgot. Get some new coil springs for the front end. Those things will break if you even look at them the wrong way.

[@charleshunziker7416]

Didn't know there was a diesel

[@martinmckendry6244]

What engine is that?

[@h8troodoh]

Isuzu diesel

[@rosendodominguez-dw4rt]

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