Warming Up Your Car in the Cold Just Harms the Engine

Originally Posted by bthomas87 Seems odd they didn't mention anything about the oil being colder and harder to pump through the block when its freezing outside. I couldn't care less

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Warming Up Your Car in the Cold Just Harms the Engine

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12-27-2016, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bthomas87

Seems odd they didn't mention anything about the oil being colder and harder to pump through the block when its freezing outside. I couldn't care less about the fuel mixture. When it's below freezing outside I like to let my car warm up for about 5 mins so the oil becomes a little warmer, let it pump around the engine before applying any sort of load to it.

I always make sure the fuel is warm before I drive

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