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NEMINI · Nov 28th, 2003, 06:03 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ScoobyDoo

In the warmer weather I just start up and drive off, but in the cold weather I find that if I don't rev her up a couple of times then the engine is a little sluggish when drive off. But combine the cold weather and the fact that I live on a hill this may be why I have to let her run first. Otherwise I don't really know why MINI say not to warm MINI's up.

Reving it up a few times is the worst thing you can do, far better to let it sit at idle first, need to give the engine time to get the oil up to the top of the engine before reving it.
As far as why the change from the old prinicple of always let it warm first, a lot has to do with improvements in oil, it doesn't take as much now to get it flowing, due to technological improvements, as it did when that old axiom originated

Nov 28th, 2003, 06:03 PM	#16
NEMINI NEMINI.org Join Date: Sep 2002 Local Time: 05:04 PM Posts: 7,866 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by ScoobyDoo In the warmer weather I just start up and drive off, but in the cold weather I find that if I don't rev her up a couple of times then the engine is a little sluggish when drive off. But combine the cold weather and the fact that I live on a hill this may be why I have to let her run first. Otherwise I don't really know why MINI say not to warm MINI's up. Reving it up a few times is the worst thing you can do, far better to let it sit at idle first, need to give the engine time to get the oil up to the top of the engine before reving it. As far as why the change from the old prinicple of always let it warm first, a lot has to do with improvements in oil, it doesn't take as much now to get it flowing, due to technological improvements, as it did when that old axiom originated NEMINI.org, NEMINI.us, NEMINI.info, NYMINI.org