yet ANOTHER NOOB question.

Originally Posted by Red370 no need to at all, start it up, and git er done. Thats pretty reckless - when the car sits for a while, a majority of

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01-07-2010, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Red370

no need to at all, start it up, and git er done.

Thats pretty reckless - when the car sits for a while, a majority of the oil up in your valvetrain has slowely gone down to the pan. The potential to cause excessive wear will be at its highest on a cold start.

I'd always recommend waiting til the RPM's drop past 1K at the least.

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