[Healeys] start up Temp

Bruce Steele healeybruce at roadrunner.com
Wed Feb 10 09:46:26 MST 2016


I usually wait until I have about 120 degrees and then keep the revs down until up to full temp.  But my car is rather cold blooded and will stumble if I drive off without a sufficient amount of engine heat.

 

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of i erbs
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:11 AM
To: Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] start up Temp

 

So it has been many years since I have had a working choke in my car.

I know I need to have oil pressure before I head out on a cold morning, but what temp should I wait for before driving off? I have just held the jokes up by hand until the car reached 190 degrees and ran without the choke. 

It has been in the 30s in the morning, but is is warming up. Today was 42. So at what temp is OK to start driving the car? It has been over 7 years since I have had the car on the road and I drove it sparingly then.  I now try to drive it as much as possible.




Ira Erbs

Portland,OR

1959 BN4 100-6

with BT7 engine and disk brakes.

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