i've been reading about changing the CCV. good God. my e28 has a custom turbo motor and i have done some painful crap on that car, but this looks like one for the ages.
This car was raised in Louisiana so very little cold weather to deal with. Not too bad here in N. Carolina either but is definitely colder.
i have to take it out to bed in new new brakes so that should help in heating things up. as far as hot oil changes, what are the advantages of that versus a
shop-vac cleanup ?
luckily i saw at wal-mart the other day where they have 'house brand' 5w-30 synthetic that's substantially cheaper than the decent stuff. i think $15-20 for 5qts.
looks like i should probably do both (T-stat AND CCV). a clean CCV isn't gonna allow the engine to warm up more effectively i don't think. there generally seems to be an issue with how slowly the motor warms up, and frankly, whether it will warm up at all.
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