[Vwdiesel] Do Diesels ever need similar type cleaning?

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/24/2007 9:39:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com writes:

> Okay you are all terrifying me.
> 
> I usually start the car and drive it with the cold start throttle on until
> its warm sometime down the road and shut it off, is this bad?
> As far as I can tell the engine is receiving no extra wear and tear and its
> fires up clean every time, but I don't want to blow a head gasket.
> 

  I think the point is romping on the engine cold rather than 
warming it up first.  That has nothing to do with the cold 
start advance which CAN be driven out all the time, in all 
the time or in and out as you please.  Its purpose is to make 
for smooth idling on a cold engine.  The advance curve carries 
on as normal once the engine reaches somewhere between 
1500 and 2K rpm.  It won't cause any undue wear or such.
     Loren


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