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Old 11-15-2004, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by mhh
I drive off gently as soon as I start the car - no hard acceleration at all, very, very soft on the gas.
I don't give it full throttle until the oil temp is showing about 80 -90 degrees C.
I don't think it is feasible to wait until the car is warm before driving. It's a fairly cold blooded engine, so you'll be waiting a while.
This is what I do with all my cars. Get in an go. The engine is only using 20-30 BHP so no stress, just to get going. After the oil gets up to 70 or 80 C I will start to give it more goings.

This should be good in any car as long as you are not using a thicker oil. Then you need to wait until it reaches full temperature, say 90 C.

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