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[mikeofaustin]

It's almost like scrapping fingernails on a chalk board, but I have this neighbor that when he needs to go to work, he gets in his vehicle and revs the motor so it'll warm up faster. He's probably hitting 6K rpm in the drive way. His does it over an over again. I can't stand it and it's hurt my brain thinking what' going on in that engine compartment. Coming from a background that knows how engines work, it really works on me.

To everyone else. The proper way to start a car (on older cars), is the pump the peddle one time, turn the ignition and after it starts, let it idle for at least a few moments without reeving it (at least a half minute when it's very cold). NEVER EVER rev your engine when it has just started up because all the lubrication is still in the oil pan and hasn't made it's way up into all the ports and reservoirs yet. Its' also important not to stress your engine when it's cold because the metal needs time to expand before it can function as it was intended. The engine was designed to work most efficiently when all parts have heated up to operating temperature. Reeving it when it's cold is a very good way to need another car in a year or two.

Newer cars, everything still applies, you just don't need to pump the peddle one time. The injection does this for you.

 

[lonesomebob]

Sneak over and ram a big ole Idaho baker up his ,the cars, tailpipe. That will give a couple quiet mornins.

 

[kawalabear]

i live next to a milk plant and for the last month or so since it been cold they take those bis box van & semi's and floor them for about 5 to 10 min to warm them up . it starts at 930 at night till about midnight .

i want to call and tell them if they want to blow up a truck can they please do it in the daytime. but i cant find a number for them cause its a "transfer house"?

 

[rmptr]

Whew !

I've got electronic injection in my pu and sometimes it take my engine 1000rpm higher than it should for a cold start. Drives me crazy ! Everyone knows it doesn't really get cold here in Kalifornia... only saw ice on the pumpkin 4 or 5 times in a year.

New fangled stuff too difficult to work on... and it doesn't even do it all the time. Wish I could figger the adjustment to fix it.

Ha ! I wired a throttle open on an old, wore out SBC once, to send it off with a bang. Other guys at the shop got ticked off at the smoke it was making, zinging along at 5-6krpm... got pretty warm, but wouldn't quit on it's own so I had to shut it off with a water hose into the carb. That stopped it ! Amazing the abuse some will take.

 

[allan]

have you tried working on your lawn mower 3 hours earlier than he wakes up ?