Thread: "Engine starts immediately" Is this a good thing?
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Old 03-09-2008, 01:05 PM
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Oh, so your question is about building oil pressure by cranking rather than starting immediately...now I see.

No, I don't think there is a big advantage doing that. In fact, if you have even a synthetic mix in there you are getting good coating on the parts before it starts.

Think about all of these old diesels with 2,3 and even 400K miles on them that didn't "pre-oil" before starting...the engines will do just fine starting right up after glowing and you don't have to crank them to build oil pressure.
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