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Heard this from a guy several years ago, and it may be a complete old wives' tale, but I'm so ate up with my baby girl that I want her to get the very best treatment possible...
He said that it's never good for an engine if you hop in and immediate fire up the ignition. What he did was to move the key to the ACC position and wait for a few seconds, so that (supposedly) the car's power system will get the oil pressure up before ignition -- and save wear and tear on the engine.
I'm sorta sure (?) that instruction was contained in the owner's manual for my previous ride (XTerra) but can't find anything to that effect in the Stanger manual. So, what I'm currently doing is:
1) Move the key to ACC
2) The oil pressure light is off to begin with, then comes on after 2-3 seconds
3) Then I fire my baby up
I've actually let the car sit in ACC for close to a minute, thinking that the oil pressure light might go back off and that would be my signal to ignite -- but it just stays on.
Would anyone care to opine or instruct on this matter? Thanks in advance...
He said that it's never good for an engine if you hop in and immediate fire up the ignition. What he did was to move the key to the ACC position and wait for a few seconds, so that (supposedly) the car's power system will get the oil pressure up before ignition -- and save wear and tear on the engine.
I'm sorta sure (?) that instruction was contained in the owner's manual for my previous ride (XTerra) but can't find anything to that effect in the Stanger manual. So, what I'm currently doing is:
1) Move the key to ACC
2) The oil pressure light is off to begin with, then comes on after 2-3 seconds
3) Then I fire my baby up
I've actually let the car sit in ACC for close to a minute, thinking that the oil pressure light might go back off and that would be my signal to ignite -- but it just stays on.
Would anyone care to opine or instruct on this matter? Thanks in advance...