Warming up the motor

[MEGOMONSTER]

[QUOTE=Cuppa;296355]Regarding warming up the motor. (Thought it best to start a new thread rather than hijack this one)

[QUOTE]
Would have been easier to just hijack
My response is in the "this one" thread above. LOL




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[happygu]

30 Seconds to let all the oil make its way around, and then off - gently until the needle moves off the rest position.

Mic

[Robo]

Think it best to leave the camping hot water system off also.
Allow the temp to reach operating temp asap.
Any excessive enrichment is no good.
Idling will shorten the life of your motor.
I hear your question, a cold motor under back pressure/vacume.
Up to temp asap is my answer.

[Cuppa]

Think it best to leave the camping hot water system off also.
Allow the temp to reach operating temp asap.
Any excessive enrichment is no good.
Idling will shorten the life of your motor.
I hear your question, a cold motor under back pressure/vacume.
Up to temp asap is my answer.

Yes I think so too. Have now turned of hot water, & when travelling (& needing hot water) it will be simple enough to stop once up to temperature, lift the bonnet, & switch the hot water on. I could potentially even do it from within the cab via cable .... but doubt I'll ever bother.

Can you explain your comment 'Any excessive enrichment is no good'? Should I understand that a diesel motor runs richer when cold? If so given that most of my usage to date is into town & back (a round trip of 60 to 70kms).... that might account for the rather black/sooty end of the exhaust pipe? Might also account for the lousy fuel consumption which I had put down to the canopy & rooftop tent. Seems I have a range of only around 850 Kms with both main & sub tanks (90 & 75 litres I think).

Cuppa

[brisz]

Sounds reasonable to me what you are doing.

As others have said and is well known, most engine wear is at start up, my thinking is to have a really well charged battery on my 300ZX that sits in the garage, oil has drained well out of it and the battery could be weak (with a little alarm load etc.), so a weak crank can lead to more low oil pressure revolutions then if a very strong battery allows a nice snappy start, getting oil pressure up asap.

So I run a Ctek trikle/charger now, and it springs into life snappy like a new battery all the time, probably wont make a lot of differnce other then the warm fuzzies I get.

Just a thought on how good mainatnce in one area can help a seamingly unrelated area.

[jhon]

Hi all
According to me this is not good for motor and i want to say about this thread...I start up wait till all lights go off, check mirrors etc , take it easy until at normal temp. then you take a generator flat stick from the get go. going to read the user manual, someone said something in there.

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