re: Warm up procedures

[Tessie McMillan <tessmc@domain.elided>]

> Depends on how old the car is. Modern fuel injected engines with synthetic 
> lubricants require no warm up before driving. However, no engine should be 
> asked to work hard or rev high until it has reached a reasonable temperature.

Michael, did you not just contradict yourself?

Seems to me any engine (well, maybe I should say 'dry sump' comes to 
mind) that has sat for a time might not have a good coating of lubricant 
on the moving parts. Ergo "warm up".

I've only driven one car that doesn't need a warm up. An electric car. The 
lubricant for that engine is rated 3w9 or some insanely low number.

Tess
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