I’ve heard the same about leaving a car idle being bad for it, something to do with bores glazing over. I know when you are running in a new engine you are supposed to avoid idling for this very reason. I avoid idling unless my car is iced over no point IMO I just drive gently till its warm.

I always thought it was easy enough in the 6 to tell when its warmed up I just looked at the oil temp guage

I was of the understanding that the W is just a viscosity rating when cold. IE a 0w is much thinner than a 10W when cold so will flow better from cold and warm up quicker.

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Cherry Red 306 HDI
Championship White Integra DC5 Type R

A new engine could glaze the bores, which is why some manufacturers use mineral oil until the engine is "worn" in I've let all my cars idles for 5/10 mins and the mileage I have recieved speaks for itself. You'd be hard pushed to glaze the bores on an engine with mileage.

A test of good oil is how long it clings to the components for after being switched off. 1 day 2 days etc.

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Team Nile 6
Team: 40.2 MPG
5 x a 306 owner!
currently abusing type r's in a town near you ™
I truely live for the 306 ®
Build date: 29th October 1997 Wednesday's car
midweek madness

My 6 does not get on with mobil 1, when I start it, I always had a noisy lifter, I now use total quartz 7000 and its fine. I never had any issues with gtx either. But another thing I didnt rate with mobil 1, the oil always came out like p*ss after 7k miles. Just seemed to thin for my liking.

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See the sheer power and might of the lesser known burrowing owl.

Just Used to get shafted at halfords. About £40 for 5 litres! I use elf in the 182 now and ordered it online from nielsencdg.co.uk

You live in Shrewsbury do you?

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Cherry Red 306 HDI
Championship White Integra DC5 Type R

Ah right. You still in the r26?

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Cherry Red 306 HDI
Championship White Integra DC5 Type R

Ive done 36K in the last 11 months, every morning, i switch her on and leave straight away, dont take her past 3k revs until oil and water temps are up. Take her straight onto a 70mph A-road within 1 mile of my house where she sits and does a further 9 miles and warms pretty quickly!

Have also been using 5w40 fully synth from Carlube. Had about 3 or 4 oil changes in that time with a new filter every time. Oil temp gauge starts to move anywhere after 2 to 8 miles of driving in the morning dependent on how cold it is outside.....tends to take the latter at the moment due to it being so bitter at the moment!

Does tend to use a little bit of oil though, not sure if this is because of the brand or just a result of the mileage shes putting in. Just needs a little topup every now and then....

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''Oh, it does handle like a golf!'' Why drive a Golf....when you can drive a GTi-6?

Apparantly girls are better drivers so i guess in a way, thats very true...i am a supreme driver

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''Oh, it does handle like a golf!'' Why drive a Golf....when you can drive a GTi-6?