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Chicago community auto organizer s.o.b.
--- CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE --- A Magic Time To Be An Illegal In America---
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I don't typically warm up my vehicles too much, but luckily I have 2 miles of deserted gravel road to get to the highway so I can baby it down the road and it's warmed up before it gets to the highway.
In really cold weather, you can warm it up all you want, the wheel bearings, steering, etc are going to be stiff and cold no matter what. Once it gets to -40 F you better be babying everything cause stuff just flat breaks in those temps.
Eat moose, burn spruce
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Another one for the 'stupid fucqing advice file' that I will give the consideration it deserves.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
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Campfire Kahuna
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I live on a highway. If I start it and leave immediately, I have to accelerate to 60 in 1/4 mile. That's harder on an engine than idling. Parts are engineered to fit together at operating temp. When cold, bearings, etc. are too tight or too loose. They'll be at specs when hot.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I ain't buyin it. It warms the oil, allowing it to flow better. Call me crazy but I put the trans in neutral too so the fluid warms and moves freely before I put it in gear.
Camp is where you make it.
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Me too, truck has 300,000 miles in it. Must have hurt it bad.
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With a high quality full synthetic, just wait for the oil pressure to come up and moderately drive off.
Doing that warms the whole drivetrain, rather than having a hot engine with cold transmission.
-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.
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I let it run for a couple of min's then take off
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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I ain't buyin it. It warms the oil, allowing it to flow better. Call me crazy but I put the trans in neutral too so the fluid warms and moves freely before I put it in gear. If it is an automatic, leave it in gear with the brakes on and bring it up on the converter for a few seconds. That will bring the trans temp up much quicker. We do that on our race cars because we want the driveline temps brought up to the same point each round for consistency.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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How many of youse guys have block heaters set on a timer?
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I start my truck every morning about 10 minutes before I take off. Ain't gonna change. Same here.....I do it to have heat
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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How many of youse guys have block heaters set on a timer? All our vehicles come with a block heater and timer. Starts about late April and ends late October in most years.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Mine kicks on about 1AM....grin
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Good point!
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How many of youse guys have block heaters set on a timer? Yup. Comes on about 3 hours before I need to leave. Usually the coolant and oil temp are between 60 and 100 degrees.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
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I let diesels warm up. I figure there is a lot more cold in a diesel than there is in a gas engine and diesels operate at higher pressures. My gas engines, I start it, clean the windows of frost or snow and drive off. But the first half mile is at 15-20 mph and the next 3 miles at 40 mph or less due to the roads and speed limits.
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This space for rent
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Campfire 'Bwana
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How many of youse guys have block heaters set on a timer? Sam, Italian too? I did just that when I lived in Calgary. I would unplug, start up, clear the windows and head off to work, sometimes in 4x4 for the ten miles in. Frozen chit, not snow...
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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My vehicles live in the garage, so they don't freeze overnight.
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
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Campfire 'Bwana
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My vehicles live in the garage, so they don't freeze overnight. My wife's splendid Miata sat in the garage, rarely driven whilst up there, a thousand a year for five years. I chose a different battle.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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