ENGINE OIL/ WINTER/ WARMING CAR (tirade, yet edumacational.. D'oh!)

[iain.atkinson at tesco.net]

As a general rule oil takes 2 to 3 times longer to warm up than coolant depending on outside air temps.



Iain
> 
> From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
> Date: 2003/12/22 Mon PM 12:55:36 GMT
> To: AudiBiTurbo at aol.com,  brett at cloud9.net,  auditodd at comcast.net
> CC: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: ENGINE OIL/ WINTER/ WARMING CAR (tirade,
> 	yet edumacational.. D'oh!)
> 
> Interesting information, especially since it agrees with my process...! 
> ;-)  Only question is, how do you know when your oil has reached the
> proper temp when you don't have an oil temp gauge?!
> 
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
> Central NJ USA
> 
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> > when 
> > you kick me off of my soap box.  That said, here we go....
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