Daft question?

[Antarctic Mat]

Hello!

This may seem like a daft question, had a search but didn't find anything.
I am very interested in a T350, obviously everyone recommends leaving the speed six to get to operating temperature before using to the full, does anyone pre-heat there engines? I know the application is a million miles away from UK use, but here we pre-heat all vehicles to operating temps before turning over and run vehicles very happily at incredibly cold temperatures. Could this practice be effective in normal conditions in the UK? Block, sump and transmission heaters are all straight forward to fit and easy to power, I'm guessing it would be a real benefit but I haven't read anything on here, am I missing something that makes it a rubbish idea or is it already common practice?
Thanks for any information or comments.
Mat.

[Big Al.]

Personally I don't pre-idle to warm mine up, start her up and drive her gently until the oil is up to a good temp 60 is ideal a little lower if really cold. This usually takes around 20 mins, once she up to temp then it's go for it time.

HTH

[tuscandom]

hi mat,im not an expet but i think it has a bit to do with the oil flow and making sure it is reaching all of the important parts before hard driving,do a search on speed6 oil flow/temp/presure etc ,think it will put you in the picture

[tail slide]

My '04 engine has little discernible wear at 26k following similar warm-ups to Al, but have also always had a simple & cheap tubular heater below the tank & sump on a timer so that oil's never really cold and thick.

Hopefully quite sufficient for the warm climate that awaits your return!

[666 SVT]

Isn't the idea of synthetic oil that the viscosity does not
change if it's cold, hot or in between ?

[tail slide]

666 SVT said:

Isn't the idea of synthetic oil that the viscosity does not
change if it's cold, hot or in between ?

But any engine, esp. a high-output one like this with high-lift cams etc., also needs all it's parts to be up to operating temp before full throttle/revs are used, or it'll soon be a box of bits.

Some pre-heating would speed up the process