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| posted on March 16th, 2003 at 01:15 PM |
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Warming Up
Is it advisable to warm my 2ltr van up before I jump on the freeway and do 80-90 km/hr. It only takes 2-3 from my home before I get on the freeway and
I hope I am letting her warm up enough. The motor was rebuilt 2 years ago
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| posted on March 16th, 2003 at 03:28 PM |
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This is one of those topics evenyone has there own opinion on, and are all certain to be different.
I suppose firstly, do you have the original thermostat hooked up? If not a decent warm up time is recommended. If it's working correctly it helps
the motor to heat up quicker.
I personally give the car a good warm up. I'm in the habit of starting the car and let it warm up while I load tha car, lock up the house, open
the gate etc..... ~2-5 min. Even so on a 20 deg morning the heads get to operating temp after ~10 min. driving and the oil takes ~15-20 min to get to
70 deg and up to 30 min to level out.
I don't have the thermostat connected at the moment (the copper thermostat is cracked) but will fit a new one before winter.
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| posted on March 16th, 2003 at 03:41 PM |
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My thermostat is not attached due to the temps up here in Brisbane
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| posted on March 16th, 2003 at 03:47 PM |
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Yes, most have them removed nowadays. As I said, every one has there own opinion. My dad starts and drives off, no warm-up (all H2O vehicles), and
doesn't seem to affect them.
I'm in Brissy also!!!
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