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Originally Posted by Tokay444
You should never idle for that length of time.
Oil pressure is at its lowest at idle, and your oil is cold. That's THE HIGHEST wear and tear mode there is.
Start the car and before it comes off high idle, you should be granny driving under light load and between 1500-3000 rpm until your oil is up to temp. The key here is oil pressure.
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Oh, I suspect that ol @
ermax knows that. He most likely picked that up from a Popular Mechanics magazine when he was a kid -
However, you do make a good point - in some parts, in 4 minutes, an idling car in the driveway just might get stolen -
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