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Originally Posted by Norm K
And therein lies one problem with warming up your engine: a false sense that lubricants in, for example, the gearbox and differential are also good to go. I suspect many people, after warming the engine, just hop right in and drive normally, paying little-to-no mind that those other critical components aren't ready for prime-time.
To be clear, I do warm the engines in my cars when they've been sitting out in severe cold, but I take it very easy on drive train for several minutes after getting underway.
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Yeah the best for the engine is to put some load on it from the get go to bring the temperature up as soon as possible, but only very little load. If I get above 25-30% throttle or 2,500 rpm in my Alfa Romeo Giulia DD before the oil temp is at least 80F it's because I'm about to get hit by a truck.