[s-cars] Wet Engine

[rbade12 at aol.com]

 I got's to know, how does idle from cold to get an engine hot differ from drive from cold to get the engine hot? It'd seem to me that the start is the real wear time, thereafter it doesn't much matter.??? Bob 


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>
To: Betsey Karnes <audigirl4ever at hotmail.com>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Sun, Sep 13, 2009 6:06 pm
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Wet Engine










On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Betsey Karnes
<audigirl4ever at hotmail.com> wrote:

> How can I help it dry out? ?I've been driving it quit a bit and that's not 
drying it out.

Help it dry out by getting the engine compartment hot.  Ie, drive it
until engine coolant and oil are normal temperatures, and then park it
and let it idle for 5-10 minutes (don't just idle from cold, this
takes much, much longer and causes engine wear.)  Then open the hood-
everything will be toasty and any water left should quickly evaporate.

However, if water a)was ingested into the engine (relatively unlikely,
given how high the airbox is) or b)got into an electrical connector,
the above won't help.

What exactly are the differences in operation after the 'excursion'?
How long have you driven it since?

Brett
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