It might amaze you as an automobile owner or driver. It is not the long miles that put wear and tear on your car or truck and its engine and mechanical parts and components. It is cold weather starts. This is especially true for those who reside and drive in cold winter weather areas such as the northern US states, up to the north in Canada and Alaska.

Experienced mechanics and auto dealership factory trained tech service writers will tell you that the most imprint and critical time for an automobile�s engine is that period when the car autel ds808, truck or SUV is started to when it is fully warmed up. It is during this time period that much wear occurs and fuel consumption � that is gasoline used per mile or km, is the greatest by far. This is the time of the engine�s least efficiency, in fact a vehicle�s motor during this cold starting and warming up period may use in total as little as 3 percent of the energy available to it chemically in a gallon of gasoline fuel. The rest is all for the most part can be said to be a total waste.

On the other hand though , cold starts may be one of the times when a diligent auto or truck owner can make good in fact great inroads in the battle to make an engine last longer autel ms906. Anything done to combat this cold engine wear and inefficiency will may multiple in fact compound dividends. What can you do?

First of all if you do live in a very cold climate you might want to inquire about engine �block heaters�. These are commonly used in northern Canada and the Canadian Prairie provinces as well as in some areas of Alaska. Essentially these are ac powered electric coil heaters that are installed in the engine block, bathed in rad coolant water.

At night during the coldest of winter times the power cord to these block heaters are plugged in warming up the engine block and the engine components facilitating easy startups and quick warm up times.

What about starting the engine and letting it idle to �warm up�, once you have started a cold engine and the oil pressure gauge indicates normal, place the car gently in gear and get moving down the roadway. No more than 15 seconds of engine idling should be required. Do not try to warm the engine by prolonged idling. Years ago , this may have been the accepted practice , but with today�s modern engines and fuel injection , most automotive engineers are in agreement that prolonged idling of an engine will do only more harm than good .

A cold idling engine will not warm up as fast, lubricate as efficiently, or burn gas as completely as one that is in gear and moving � that is one that is under load. Get the car moving as soon as possible as this hastens the warm-up of the vehicle to optimal operating temperatures.

Lastly it is wise to drive slow to moderate speeds the first few miles , that is until the engine fully warms up to operating temps and not to race or gun the vehicle�s engine.

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