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Old 02-06-2017, 12:05 PM   #9 (permalink)
willie@eco
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Originally Posted by ThermionicScott View Post
+1!

willie, do you have a block heater for your car? Having one of those warm up your engine every morning might help a lot with those short trips.

P.S. This may not be super-relevant, but what oil viscosity are you using? You may be able to get away with something that is thinner than spec just because you're almost never getting it up to operating temperature anyway.
Hmmm.. interesting idea. Haven't thought about a block heater... hmm... and 10w-40. I think that is too thick as well now that you mentioned that. What shouod I run? 0w-20?
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