Re: Engine warm-up

[CaptWSims@domain.elided]

In a message dated 5/8/99 1:04:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

<< Subject: Cold engine - hard driving >>
Follow the owner's manual and do not stress the engine until it is up to 
temperature.  You have iron liners inside an aluminum block topped with 
aluminum heads.  They expand at different rates as the engine warms up.  I've 
had 1 blown head gasket in years of driving Alfas, and it happened the one 
time I violated this rule.  Note that stressing the engine can mean lugging 
it as well as revving high.  

After the engine is warmed up it's fine to flog it, IMO.  You have a rev 
limiter  in your 164 (unless you've changed the chip) that keeps the engine 
in one piece.  Tickets are another issue.....
					 
										
	Bill

------------------------------