Re: To whomever was asking about warming up, guages, etc.

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

It has been drilled into me that the main reason for the Alfa V-6 
popping head gaskets is that people drive them when cold, and  these 
engines have too much oil pressure when the oil is cold. Since blown 
head gaskets are definately a BAD THING, I have, since I bought my 
current GTV-6, been in the habit of not moving the car until the water 
temperature gauge needle has visibly moved off it's rest pin. This 
MIGHT be unnecessary, but its better than a blown head gasket.

George Graves


On Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 08:52  AM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 09:49:30 +0100
> From: "Nick Koleszar" <npk@domain.elided>
> Subject: To whomever was asking about warming up, guages, etc.
>
> No, the rest of us don't have temp guages on the axles, gearboxes or 
> diffs.
>
> To warm up a car, start driving it gently soon after you start the 
> engine.
> Don't rev it hard or try to make fast gearchanges just drive smoothly 
> and
> sensibly for (depending on the weather/temperature) about 10 minutes 
> until
> the engine temp is up to its normal. By then, the rest of the car 
> should be
> nicely warmed up. If you're planning to do an Italian tuneup then why 
> not
> play it safe and drive the car for 30 minutes first?
>
> nk
>
> Nick Koleszar   koleszar@domain.elided
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