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Old 10-07-2010, 01:54 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by endurance View Post
Interesting. I noticed this morning that once the engine reached operating temperature, most of the time it was dropping all the way down to 750rpm even at 65mph.
I'd say the answer is right there : operating temperature.
As long as it's cold, the engine will run in fuel-enrichment mode.
As a result, idle rpm are a tad higher and FC is higher as well.

On my V50, idle engine load is 30% when cold, but only 18% when warm.
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