@peskywarrior@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 months agoPeople of Lemmy that take more than 5 seconds to start your car and drive, what are you doing?message-square128fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down150file-text
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squarePeople of Lemmy that take more than 5 seconds to start your car and drive, what are you doing?@peskywarrior@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square128fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSmuuthbranelinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoNo. What modern marvel keeps oil from pooling in the lowest level after hours of disuse?
minus-square@Guest_User@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•7 months agoOil pumps? Seriously though 10-15 seconds doesn’t sound excessive at all. I would be surprised if anyone is actually in gear and putting serious load on their engine/trans in under 10 seconds.
minus-square@NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-27 months ago15 sec is plenty. After 15 sec all of your engine’s oil has traveled through the pump and through the whole system 1 - 1.5 times.
Is your engine >30 years old?
No. What modern marvel keeps oil from pooling in the lowest level after hours of disuse?
Oil pumps? Seriously though 10-15 seconds doesn’t sound excessive at all. I would be surprised if anyone is actually in gear and putting serious load on their engine/trans in under 10 seconds.
15 sec is plenty. After 15 sec all of your engine’s oil has traveled through the pump and through the whole system 1 - 1.5 times.