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Originally Posted by zimmy
What does this mean? As long as the oil pressure is up and correct, why would a colder engine "wear out"? Actually you'll get better performance from a cooler engine. |
You're not going to wear your engine out, but I do bet that your gauge is wrong. Get one of the little infrared pyrometers at Lowes or Home Depot or the like (they're also handy for checking temperatures across your tires). Then you just point and click at different spots on your cooling system to see what the temperatures are -- that will give you an indication as to whether your gauge is really off or not.
Clever Afterthought -- If you really were wearing your engine out, then the increased friction would create more heat, thus stopping the wear out process by getting your temperatures up where they belong.