Re: engine oil, warming up the car

Built_Well wrote:[color=blue]
> Ray O wrote:
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>> 30 seconds is more than enough time for the oil to circulate so
>> you can start the engine[/color]
>
>
> Thanks Ray O! I'll never wait 10 long minutes even on sub-zero
> winter days again![/color]

I wonder what made you do such a pointless thing in the first place?

Huw

badgolferman wrote:[color=blue]
> Huw, 3/24/2006, 2:46:18 PM, <48j0ktFkf796U1@individual.net> wrote:
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>> Built_Well wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Ray O wrote:
>>>
>>>> 30 seconds is more than enough time for the oil to circulate so
>>>> you can start the engine
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Ray O! I'll never wait 10 long minutes even on sub-zero
>>> winter days again![/color]
>>
>> I wonder what made you do such a pointless thing in the first place?
>>
>> Huw[/color]
>
> This is what we used to do when living in cold climates. It would
> warm up the inside of the car and clear the windows for safety's
> sake. Try living in sub-zero temperatures and see if you still care
> about wasting gas over warmth.[/color]

Believe it or not I have lived through several winters where temperature has
been down to -18C for periods. About 30 seconds then careful driving for a
few minutes has not failed me or any engine so far.

Huw

"Bruce L. Bergman" <blPYTHONbergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
news:i49922h606f0bmg7bag61cibv2fu6h6acf@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On 24 Mar 2006 20:06:17 GMT, "badgolferman"
> <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>This is what we used to do when living in cold climates. It would warm
>>up the inside of the car and clear the windows for safety's sake. Try
>>living in sub-zero temperatures and see if you still care about wasting
>>gas over warmth.[/color]
>
> Visibility out the windows is another matter - if you can't keep a
> clear window wiped off, you might have to sit there and wait for
> heater output.
>
> But if you can make a 'sight slit' to see well enough to get out of
> the driveway and start carefully puttering on your way, you turn that
> expensive wasted gasoline into productive forward motion.[/color]

In Massachusetts you may be stopped and sighted for this.

When there is frost on the windows, I start the car and grab the scraper,
and scrape ALL the windows nice and clear.

This takes about...3 Minutes...
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>
> If this is a regular occurrence consider installing an electric
> block heater on the engine - you'll have heater output almost
> immediately, not a furnace but enough to start defrosting the windows.
> --
> Bruce L. Bergman, Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) CA - Desktop
> Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700
> 5737 Kanan Rd. #359, Agoura CA 91301 (818) 889-9545
> Spamtrapped address: Remove the python and the invalid, and use a net.[/color]