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  1. Jelle

    RPM on cold engine?

    Thank you all for your advice.
  2. Jelle

    RPM on cold engine?

    Evelrod: I get what you are saying, but if I change down, I will go over the limit of RPM's which I have been told to keep it under. Benta: Well, that is what I am told the name for it is. It is not the 2.5 from E34 with VANOS, but an engine from a whole other car. It is a 2.8 liter. I believe...
  3. Jelle

    RPM on cold engine?

    dgallup: Thank you. That is what I needed to hear. I bet that it won't take any damage running with a bit higher RPM than what I am constantly hearing from friends a family. SomptingGuy: Pretty amazing if the engine itself it hot enough after just two minutes. I think I'll stick with 3 - 3,5K...
  4. Jelle

    RPM on cold engine?

    BrianGar: I have heard of those electric heaters too, so there must be something about it. I just don't believe that mine has such one, the car itself is from 1990, and it doesn't heat fully up before the temperature gauge is at half, but it really heat up fast, which I am very amazed of. I can...
  5. Jelle

    RPM on cold engine?

    Patprimmer: I am no engineer, yet I know a few stuff about these things. The manual didn't really strike my mind. I did look at it in my old car, Ford Sierra 2.8 V6, but it didn't say anything about cold start. I do not have the manual for my BMW. An option would have been to find it on the...
  6. Jelle

    RPM on cold engine?

    Hello there, I am very new to this forum, and I gotta say, it was a bit confusing to get to this point ;) Anyway, I have been thinking a bit lately, and I hope that you guys can help me. You see, constantly I get told that when my engine is cold, I have to run on low RPM's, however, I do not...

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