On 20/11/2015 2:13 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
Randy,
Not to mention that short drives that don't fully warm up the engine and
transmission oils are a sure path to rapid wear and death of the vehicle.
The late Dr. MB opined that once the coolant temperature is normal
operating temperature, another fifteen minutes of driving were required to
get the oils fully warmed up to drive out the moisture.
My daily commute is about 15 miles, about 25-30 minutes. In my opinion
this is just barely long enough to warm up the oils. If my commute were
shorter, I'd be switching to a gasser that warms up quickly.
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Max
Charleston SC
There is that but I do not drive the diesel in winter and the majority
of the time and miles on the truck is highway travel to and from the
lake (350 miles round trip) or Grand Forks ND (250 miles round trip)
plus I run Mobil1 in the truck so I am not too worried about it. I use
the command start to warm up the truck in the cold weather and keep it
plugged in as well so it gets mostly warmed up.
RB
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