Ryan

<nospam.clare.nce@sny.der.on.ca> wrote in message
news:pllps0t22t15bkt3193cj0ktp7bm9eb5uc@4ax.com...
> As a mechanic, my advice is start the car, get out and make sure your
> headlights, tail-lights and licence plates are free of snow and the
> wipers not frozen to the windshield. Scrape the windsheild if
> necessary, then drive away gently. Do not "push" the car untill the
> temperature guage comes off the bottom or you start to get heat from
> the heater, then progressively increase your power.
>
> This "warmup" before putting in gear and driving away should be
> minimum 15 seconds - 2 minutes.

Thanks. From now on I plan on doing just that. I think the thinner 5w-30
oil wouldn't be that much of a difference, now that I am using a thicker
oil.....I think it would be better to let the car warm up.