Originally Posted By: FZ1
Thanks ,guys. In our dearly departed thread from last night, the engineering paper stated that the most important factor in engine start up wear was coolant warm up. So it would seem that 1. you want a thinner oil that warms more quickly on start up.2. The farther North you live,the more important is is to garage your car and/or consider a block heater to help the car warm faster on start up. Thoughts?
True. The more north you live during the colder months the better a garage, thinner oil, a block heater, etc. would be. The ultimate setup would be a block heater with an oil pan heater.
Given a choice of only 1 I think an oil pan heater would be better choice since it is usually attached to the bottom of the oil pan, and heat rises, at least that is what the Wolverine Oil Pan Heater people told me. They said if you want to warm an engine heat the oil, if you want to warm people heat the coolant. Obviously opinions vary.