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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. |
The engine is designed and probably built to run at 180 to 190 degrees. Operating it for an extended period of time at a temp well below 180 means that the tolerances are not correct. For example the pistons are aluminum and the cylinders are steel. The 2 expand at different rates with the change in temperature but are machined to operate at 180 not 140 degrees.
As a rule of thumb, your engine sustains more wear in the first 5 minutes of operation than it does in xxx miles (sorry, I can't remember the number of miles).
Wayne