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| 914 shifter |
 Jan 7 2011, 02:28 PM
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airhead  Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 28-August 10 From: ny/nj Member No.: 12,111 Region Association: North East States  |
if its close to, or above freezing i was thinking of starting up 70 1.7 d jet once in a while, and letting it idle/warm up for a few minutes.any opinions / facts on this.plus i have a cold start issue i would like to address.on start up the car idles for about a minute then i have to keep it running till she warms up about 10-15 min. of driving.once warm she idles nicely at about 850 rpm. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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| Ian Stott |
Jan 9 2011, 08:08 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 907 Joined: 28-January 08 From: Moncton/Canada Member No.: 8,635 Region Association: Canada |
If you start it up make sure you run it long enough to recharge what you took out of the battery and get your temp up to operating temperature and then let it run for at least 10 minutes after that. I live in Atlantic Canada where they use a lot of salt on the roads, I don't drive it til all the salt is washed away in the spring rains but I do start it up and pull out into the driveway when we have a nice day, probably let her run for 20 minutes plus depending on how cold it is and bring the revs up to get her oil hot enough to burn off any condensation. I've never had any problems using this method, big thing in my opinion is to let it run long enough, 5 minutes probably does more harm than good.
Ian Stott Moncton Canada |
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