Oil type and temp Questions (houston area)

SPOHN · 09-08-2011, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Zaggeron

If you are really letting it idle for 15 to 20 minutes before driving, you may be trading wear from overheated oil for wear related to unburnt fuel in the intakes and the host of other issues that accompany long periods of engine idle -- idling is not good for the engine.

There's a bunch of discussion of this on the interwebs, but this is a pretty good synopsis

Warm up the car by idling › Dr Karl's Great Moments In Science (ABC Science)

In all honesty I feel the article is driven towards being an environmentalist. Which nothing is wrong with that. But I fail to see how it could be that detrimental to engine wear. If any it's mild, especially with our modern day motors and the technology behind them. It's no big deal for me.

I'll take over idealing over a blown oil cooler line fitting.

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