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On 24 Dec 2004 at 22:46, David V.N. wrote: > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > > > > I suspect that good warmup habits can really reduce engine wear. > > I thought I read somewhere that VW recommended that you take right off > after starting ? Yes, and drive moderately until the engine is warmed up. I actually prefer to wait 30 seconds or so, just to make sure that oil has gotten everywhere, but once you have good oil flow you still need to get the engine warmed up. The best way to warm it up is by actually driving, but only moderately. Just letting it sit and idle is not good for it, and hot rodding off from a cold start is even worse. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~