updraught
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For those that fuss over oil, it may be better just to keep the block warm.
https://youtu.be/e3AdUj8FZAs?si=8Ka8cimmSUpJx1_H
https://youtu.be/e3AdUj8FZAs?si=8Ka8cimmSUpJx1_H
Oil type doesn't matter as much as heat
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Synchro909
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When I was a kid, I remember my father talking about how Taxis got enormous life out of their engines because they were always running warm. A car that would be lucky to get to 100,000 miles in private hands (yes, we used miles then!) would get say, 5-7 hundred thousand miles as a taxi. I remember being incredulous when I heard that they even have to replace the exhaust manifold during the taxi's life because they would wear a hole in it.
There has been discussion here in the past about thermostats in your Model A. I have always run one for this very reason - get the engine warm asap. There will no doubt be some who poo hoo these findings but several decades of proof is hard to ignore, IMO.
There has been discussion here in the past about thermostats in your Model A. I have always run one for this very reason - get the engine warm asap. There will no doubt be some who poo hoo these findings but several decades of proof is hard to ignore, IMO.