Patience of Tuscan ownership

Patience of Tuscan ownership

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Big GT

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1,798 posts

91 months

Thursday 18th August 2016
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Beautiful evening, wife needed milk, had to be Tuscan, roof off, perfect perfect perfect 15 mile round trip it is then.
Taking it easy, warming it up, after one mile some corsa type person up my backside, really you think? About mile later engine at 40 degrees, TT up my backside, back off, revs, dump valve, backs off, revs, dump valve and repeat for about half a mile. then we hit the dual carriage , no traffic just perfect..... and I really really wanted to show him the twin pipes, but engine at 45 degrees so no........ He come level with me window down shouting GO GO GO!! I wanted to, but still at 50 degrees and 2500rpm. I just had to smile (hard to explain the warm up procedure at 65mph). He sped of disappointed in me....

Make me feel better and tell me I did the right thing...

Anyway cracking drive back ........

chimyellow

363 posts

258 months

Thursday 18th August 2016
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Definitely the right thing. Don't want to damage your engine just to please some numpty.

m4tti

5,426 posts

154 months

Thursday 18th August 2016
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To be honest there's a load of old folklore in an effort to mask shonky quality components. Id never thrash an engine from cold, but hopefully your using a multigrade synthetic oil, at 40 degrees a brief run at say 5k won't hurt, and the load on the followers reduces with rpm....

Christ when you run the cams in you start the engine and hold it at a high idle from cold.

Big GT

Original Poster:

1,798 posts

91 months

Friday 19th August 2016
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Cheers Guys, anyway once at 65 degrees found some clear road and she stretched her legs so all was not lost!

Speed 3

4,485 posts

118 months

Friday 19th August 2016
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40 deg would have been fine for me for a brief blat but 15 miles for a pint of milk ??? Sounds like a ride out excuse to me wink

Milky400

1,960 posts

177 months

Sunday 21st August 2016
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I know how you feel, only another 450 miles to do until the running in period oil service and check up... 3000rpm is so frustrating, however fuel economy is bloody awesome.

ILoveMondeo

9,614 posts

225 months

Thursday 25th August 2016
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50 degrees? Surely that's fine to get to to 5k revs. perhaps not 7500.

Also, you did the right thing not being baited/goaded by other people.

You don't have to google far to find something about a couple of guys having a bit of a blast, one crashes/dies/kills someone, the non-crashing party is also responsible because witnesses saw them "racing"


stevieeg

269 posts

129 months

Thursday 25th August 2016
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The guidelines for warm up that came with my STR8SIX rebuild are simply keep under 2.5k revs until 60 degrees oil temp is reached.

I'm inclined to follow that to the letter no matter how frustrating that is on a journey that finds you on a dual carriageway a long way from being up to temp.

Big GT

Original Poster:

1,798 posts

91 months

Friday 26th August 2016
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Anyway gives others the chance to admire as they pass. No loss
I've always been a stickler for running a car up to temp, even my lease 430d although 2500rpm is about 110mph in top

ILoveMondeo

9,614 posts

225 months

Saturday 27th August 2016
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stevieeg said:
The guidelines for warm up that came with my STR8SIX rebuild are simply keep under 2.5k revs until 60 degrees oil temp is reached.

I'm inclined to follow that to the letter no matter how frustrating that is on a journey that finds you on a dual carriageway a long way from being up to temp.
Fair enough, that's the instructions you got after shelling out for a rebuild! Can't blame you for following them to the letter! wink

Fwiw I've always done this on my two Tuscans, both of which had powers rebuild by previous owners.

http://www.mytuscan.co.uk/howdo_main.php

Gives a little more leeway to use the car whilst it warms and gets it up to temp faster too.

Still takes an eternity on a cold morning though! smile