I'm going to disagree with you on this one, Roy. To determine the actual condition of the engine you need to check it cold.

Now if you are saying for the initial start up of an engine which has sat idle for a long time (months or years) then I'll agree with you but for a regularly used vehicle, then you check it "cold".

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