Hot or Cold

[MiketheEngineer]

I am about 1.5 miles from the main drag when I leave my house on these cold winter mornings. Will my truck F150 heat up faster if I drive 30 mph (the speed limit) or 60 mph. (Illegal) But at 60 I will get there twice as fast.

Just wondering which scenario will get my heater working faster??

 

[IRstuff]

The only problems I would there might be would be from the increased clearances in seals and rings which could cause blow-by, resulting in oil in the cylinder, or gas in the oil.

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[dgallup]

140Airpower - That was the manufactures procedure, they would do it day after day with different fuel system components or ECU software. It was challenging when we would try to duplicate the test in SC. Driving out of a -40 cold chamber into a typical humid SC day caused every window to immediately frost over big time, had to drive with your head out the window.

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[140Airpower]

dgallup, I guess that was a good way to put their systems through a ringer. Couldn't have been good for the engines, but that was not the focus.

 

[metman]

So if you drive faster does that create more cooling to the radiator or am I still confused about how wind chill only affects warm bodied life and not machinery?

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[patprimmer]

The radiator is doing little work when the thermostat is closed.

Regards
Pat
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