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

[AudiBiTurbo at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/23/2003 8:41:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
bradym at sympatico.ca writes:
Rightly or wrongly, I was under the impression that oil temperature was more
RPM-related than load-related. Just my personal experience in the 4kq while
watching the oil temp gauge.

Cheers,
Brady

I would suggest that there is no real relationship here, at least not 
anything worthwhile.  My point was that at 4000 RPMs while cruising on the highway in 
your 4KQ, there is little "loading" of the engine.  What that means (at least 
to me) is that the internal engine components are lightly stressed, and 
therefore don't require the same level of clean, hot oil flow as a loaded engine.  
This has been tested and documented for years.  A high load (say first gear, 
uphill, max throttle) on an engine has much more internal stresses than a 
lightly loaded engine (downhill, closed throttle), RPMs being equal. 
Since you can't change your gearing at top gear, at least have the engine as 
lightly loaded as possible (i.e. no hard acceleration) until the engine's oil 
is warmed up to temperature.

Best Holiday Wishes to All,
Mark Rosenkrantz
AudiBiTurbo at aol.com