starting a civic engine from cold
#1
starting a civic engine from cold
Hello
I drive a 1.6 ls single cam civic and every morning I drive to work via a motorway which is located around two minutes from where I live. Should I start the engine and let it run in for 15 minutes and than drive the car straight onto the motorway with a constant speed of 80mph not very fast but it does the job for about 20miles or should I just drive the engine from cold onto the motorway?
My friend also drives a Honda assures me that I can damage the tappets in the engine from this type of driving as the oil has not been round the engine. Am I damaging the engine from everyday motorway driving or should I drive an alternative route to work that consist of slower roads?
I drive a 1.6 ls single cam civic and every morning I drive to work via a motorway which is located around two minutes from where I live. Should I start the engine and let it run in for 15 minutes and than drive the car straight onto the motorway with a constant speed of 80mph not very fast but it does the job for about 20miles or should I just drive the engine from cold onto the motorway?
My friend also drives a Honda assures me that I can damage the tappets in the engine from this type of driving as the oil has not been round the engine. Am I damaging the engine from everyday motorway driving or should I drive an alternative route to work that consist of slower roads?
#4
RE: starting a civic engine from cold
Yeah I would definetly warm it up a lil bit, maybe like 5 minutes. The reason for the warm up is to allow your engine oil to reach normal operating viscosity. When it cools down it changes in thickness and such. I only drive about 7 miles to work, but I even warm up my car in the morning.
-Eyger
-Eyger
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