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Originally Posted by THE BULL Back from the dead. Curious for those without an oil cooler, how long does it take usually for oil temps to start moving while idling
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| I let the juices flow then drive (30 seconds) |
   
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75 | 23.96% |
| I wait for the water temp to move off the bottom |
  
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37 | 11.82% |
| I wait for the water temp get to operating temp |
  
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13 | 4.15% |
| I wait for the oil temp to move off the bottom |
  
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16 | 5.11% |
| I wait for the oil temp to get to operating temperature (man that must take a while) |
  
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7 | 2.24% |
| I let the juices flow then drive like a granny until everything warms up |
  
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73 | 23.32% |
| I don't wait for it to warm up but I drive like a granny until everything gets to temp |
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39 | 12.46% |
| Warm up?!?!?! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU WARM IT UP? THIS AIN'T NO 1920'S CAR, modern technology FTW!!! |
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53 | 16.93% |
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06-24-2021, 10:29 AM
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A properly designed oil cooling system will have a thermo plate to limit flow to the radiator until temp gets close to operating level - ie, it won't make much difference in warm-up time.
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Damn grave digger.
It takes mine about 15 minutes before I start to see the gauge move.
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