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Izso

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Nothing that I am aware of.. i think the car has travelled around 5000km without thermostat until now.
it'll be a slow and painful death. Piston rings, valve guides, cylinder walls, etc. Unless the fella runs really really good oil la. Then it'll be a very very long but eventual painful death
 

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it'll be a slow and painful death. Piston rings, valve guides, cylinder walls, etc. Unless the fella runs really really good oil la. Then it'll be a very very long but eventual painful death
Not unless he's the sort who warms up his engine slowly .. like 10 minutes before each drive
 

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Not unless he's the sort who warms up his engine slowly .. like 10 minutes before each drive
Not really. There are those who use thick oil like 20W50 or which kinda isn't that great when cold. Even the warming up process still starts off when cold so the quicker the oil reaches operating temp the better it is overall. If it takes longer the wear is still there even if the car is stationary.
 

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ok yes... im also thinking to do top overhaul soon, seems have some oil leaking at the distributor area.
Distributor o ring enaf dee. If you are handy , you can change the thermostat yourself. Back in my proton saga days I was experimenting with drilled standard thermostat and SARD racing thermostat. I opened up the thermostat housing repeatedly and put it back lol..
 
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Distributor o ring enaf dee. If you are handy , you can change the thermostat yourself. Back in my proton saga days I was experimenting with drilled standard thermostat and SARD racing thermostat. I opened up the thermostat housing repeatedly and put it back lol..
not just that, some white smoke also coming out now. haven't check the oil reduce or not, will check when engine is cold this weekend morning. i suspect some reduction.
 

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not just that, some white smoke also coming out now. haven't check the oil reduce or not, will check when engine is cold this weekend morning. i suspect some reduction.
My hyundai also got white smoke dy. Now using 20w50 oil and dump in bottle of no smoke......lol
 

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come to think about it, i cant really remember since when my neo temperature started to goes up slower than usual when cold start...

last time i use engine oil like 10w40, 10w30, and the cold start temperature go up quite fast

now after engine start to have noise and so on (after 11 years), i actually change to 15w50 for awhile, then now use 5w50, but the cold start temperature still go up slowly, so now usually i will wait a while before moving the car

cant use back 30 or 40 oil cause engine will be super noisy, tappet noise if not mistaken


any advice? or just leave it as it is..
 

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