High revs before your engine is warm....

Nozzer · 23 Dec 2006 at 19:24

All you're doing leaving it idling is increasing the amount of time 'cold' oil is lubricating the engine badly

Matt82 · 23 Dec 2006 at 20:06

Nozzer said:
Oil temp being the operative phrase. The temperature that most cars display is the coolant, which takes no time at all to warm up. The oil takes a lot longer.

the oil temp on mine trails the water temp by about 20* (should have added that really)

Matt82 · 23 Dec 2006 at 20:09

i recommend that you leave a can of oil in the back of your car tonight. in the morning go out there and try pouring some into a cup. youll see it has the consistency of treacle lol

hence... i went down to 5w for the winter, 10w seemed scarily thick at 0*.

-Neil- · 23 Dec 2006 at 20:13

I tend to stick to 4K and below in the mornings for a good 10-15 mins. That way the water temp gauge is up to normal in around ~5mins and the oil will have warmed up nicely by 10 mins. After that, VTEC is fair game :cool:

Neil.

Matt82 · 23 Dec 2006 at 20:15

do the hotter model hondas have oil temp guages?

thedazman67 · 23 Dec 2006 at 22:51

I think the CTR wont let you go into VTEC until its happy with the oil temp, im not sure its either that or it wont let you go into VTEC if the oil is too low