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Originally Posted by Gunner
Just a correction, I wasn't the one who posted about the Accusump.
Anyone use/used oil heaters as a reasonable option for reduction in wear? Most seem to need to be mounted to the bottom of the pan, a chancy location in these ground-scrapers. It does seem like 100W or so of heat applied for an hour before starting would help in many ways. |
A friend of mine did that. But only because he wanted to use a straight 50 racing
oil.
Oil that thick needs help on a cold morning. I use a 10W-40, so morning starts are not a problem.
There's no evidence that oil pan heaters will significantly decrease engine wear for most cars.
I don't think start up engine wear is that big of a deal. No DD has anything like that, and they easily last 100K miles. It's pretty rare for a CObra to see that many miles. Just drive it and don't worry about it.