How hot is hot enough?
Thread Starter
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 24,129
Likes: 1,038
From: The Beautiful Pacific Northwest
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09, '14-'15-'16-'17-'18
How hot is hot enough?
I've always heard that "short trips" aren't the best for an engine because the engine doesn't warm up enough before turning it off etc.
So just how hot does it have to get where that is no longer a problem? I have a relatively short commute and am interested in how hot the coolant and oil temps should be to not be a problem down the road.
Thanks...
So just how hot does it have to get where that is no longer a problem? I have a relatively short commute and am interested in how hot the coolant and oil temps should be to not be a problem down the road.
Thanks...
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 21,396
Likes: 1,011
From: Various places in Southern California.
It's not that big a deal, but ideally you want to get the oil temp over 212 degrees for some time to burn off any moisture in the oil.
Ultimately, if you're doing more short trips you should change your oil more frequently. Fortunately, the DIC figures this into its oil life reading.
Ultimately, if you're doing more short trips you should change your oil more frequently. Fortunately, the DIC figures this into its oil life reading.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 2,158
Likes: 4
From: Henderson Nevada
Originally Posted by Duck916
It's not that big a deal, but ideally you want to get the oil temp over 212 degrees for some time to burn off any moisture in the oil.
Ultimately, if you're doing more short trips you should change your oil more frequently. Fortunately, the DIC figures this into its oil life reading.
Ultimately, if you're doing more short trips you should change your oil more frequently. Fortunately, the DIC figures this into its oil life reading.
110%....
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,384
Likes: 24,790
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
with Duck916. I have a short trip to work, so I do change my oil more often than I normally would.
