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BigWorm Forums Junkie Toymods Board Member I supported Toymods Location: Turramurra, Sydney. Registered: May 2002	Re: Oil's aint oils.......... Wed, 26 June 2002 07:46 I have actually been told that it's better to start driving than to let the car sit idling to warm up. Of course you must drive very sedately, like don't take it over 3-4000rpm. You got to think about how hot the parts inside an engine gets, and then think about how stuff expands when hot & contracts when cold. The engine's built to run hot, so when it's cold there are bigger (or sometimes smaller) gaps inbetween the parts. If you start thrashing it cold, the engine will wear out real quick, cos everythings flapping around heaps more than usual. Another thing to remember is, just because the coolant is hot, doesn't mean the engine is. This is where an oil pressure guage comes in handy, as the oil pressure at idle will start at around 60Psi, and drop down to 20Psi when it's hot. Once it's dropped to about 30 (at idle remember) that's when I start thrashing it. As for the expensive oil additives, I was actually talking about these today at work. I'm sure a few of them help oil do it's job a bit better, but there's no way any additive will make oil last for 70,000Ks. That's fuct if one of them claim that. Even if I spent $60 on an additive (which would be ontop of $50 oil) I would still change it after 5-6000Ks. Well, maybe I'd wait a little bit longer........ [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Oil's aint oils..........	yatesie	Wed, 12 June 2002 12:16
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	thetoyman75	Thu, 13 June 2002 09:03
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	justcallmefrank	Thu, 13 June 2002 10:19
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Thu, 13 June 2002 12:20
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	inertia	Thu, 13 June 2002 13:24
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	tomee	Tue, 18 June 2002 11:11
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Tue, 18 June 2002 22:53
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Rattlehead	Tue, 18 June 2002 12:28
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	inertia	Tue, 18 June 2002 13:37
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	dorikin	Wed, 19 June 2002 00:17
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Pumpkin	Wed, 19 June 2002 00:22
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	justcallmefrank	Wed, 19 June 2002 00:48
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Wed, 19 June 2002 04:12
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	thetoyman75	Wed, 19 June 2002 04:41
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	inertia	Wed, 19 June 2002 11:37
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	tomee	Wed, 19 June 2002 15:11
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Celica_RA40	Thu, 20 June 2002 12:19
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	jza70-mel	Thu, 20 June 2002 13:44
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	inertia	Fri, 21 June 2002 15:17
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	ma61_turbo	Sun, 23 June 2002 05:46
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	ToyCam Steve	Sun, 23 June 2002 08:26
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Sun, 23 June 2002 09:13
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	ToyCam Steve	Sun, 23 June 2002 09:27
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Sun, 23 June 2002 09:56
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	SmellyTofu	Mon, 08 July 2002 11:18
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	justcallmefrank	Sun, 23 June 2002 10:06
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	ToyCam Steve	Sun, 23 June 2002 10:15
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Sun, 23 June 2002 12:19
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	yatesie	Sun, 23 June 2002 16:46
	Oil in my 7MGTE	SUPRAGTE	Sun, 23 June 2002 12:05
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	BigWorm	Sun, 23 June 2002 18:04
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Sun, 23 June 2002 23:02
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	rvrolla	Mon, 24 June 2002 00:50
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Mon, 24 June 2002 11:12
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	ToyCam Steve	Mon, 24 June 2002 11:21
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Mon, 24 June 2002 11:26
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	justcallmefrank	Mon, 24 June 2002 01:22
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	justcallmefrank	Mon, 24 June 2002 01:23
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	yatesie	Mon, 24 June 2002 11:06
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	justcallmefrank	Mon, 24 June 2002 12:43
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	inertia	Tue, 25 June 2002 06:34
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Rattlehead	Tue, 25 June 2002 13:46
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	justcallmefrank	Tue, 25 June 2002 15:14
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	inertia	Tue, 25 June 2002 15:48
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Thu, 27 June 2002 01:54
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Rattlehead	Tue, 25 June 2002 21:13
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	BigWorm	Wed, 26 June 2002 07:46
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	thetoyman75	Wed, 26 June 2002 12:02
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	rvrolla	Thu, 27 June 2002 01:47
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	TurboRA28	Thu, 27 June 2002 04:22
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	inertia	Thu, 27 June 2002 11:38
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Apollo	Thu, 27 June 2002 12:34
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	TE72_Turbo	Thu, 27 June 2002 12:20
	Re: Oils aint oils..........	raistlin	Sun, 07 July 2002 05:20
	Re: Oils aint oils..........	MRTA22	Sun, 07 July 2002 07:30
	Re: Oils aint oils..........	yatesie	Sun, 07 July 2002 09:33
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	MRTA22	Sun, 07 July 2002 09:52
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	TE72_Turbo	Mon, 08 July 2002 09:07
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	Classique71	Mon, 08 July 2002 09:38
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	SmellyTofu	Mon, 08 July 2002 12:20
	Re: Oil's aint oils..........	BigWorm	Mon, 08 July 2002 12:47

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