On 01/19/2000, [email protected] wrote:
white and in need of a car wash before it does damage...as for starting the car in the cold...my car cant be moved right now because of shifting difficulties, but as i await a new part, i let the car warm up and let the needle get to the middle and i shut it off i do this about once a day.
YIKES! This is one of the WORST things you can do to your engine. If you don't drive the car, don't start the engine. All that you are doing is cold-starting, which dumps a buttload of crud into the oil. Then, you're getting it slightly warm and shutting it off. So you're dumping crud (the rings don't work very well when you first start) into the oil, and NOT letting it get hot enough to boil all of it off.
If you don't need to drive it, don't start it. It's a Good Thing. tom coradeschi [email protected] _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
