revving engine

Asked by chrisjon125 Feb 11, 2015 at 06:26 AM

Question type: General

My neighbours son, a learner driver, revs up his engine (high low high low etc, etc) for
about ten minutes on a regular basis. His reason for doing so, when asked, is because it
has stood for a week which I would dispute . Is this a good idea or, as I think, more
harmful than good.

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Bob answered 9 years ago

Reving a cold engine just wears it out quicker as parts are not up to operating temperature. No need to rev it.

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chrisjon125 answered 9 years ago

Thanks for reply. Would there be any value in revving the engine, high and low, if it hadn't been run in a week, if say it had been allowed to warm up first. Would a tick over be enough or is there no benefit from either.

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Bob answered 9 years ago

Starting it and letting it get to full operating temperature would be best in my opinion.

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