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Old 11-21-2014, 04:17 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Homeless Man View Post
Do you not warm up your car before you leave?
Hopefully not.....grossly overrated old wives tale. Engines have less wear when all lubricants are up to operating temperatures. The engine will warm up much faster under a light load then it will warming up, and this less wear. I am not saying do full throttle shots on a cold engine, but slow driving is better than the no load warm up. To each his own....just my $.02.
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