In a message dated 4/23/2003 7:52:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
ggl205@yahoo.com writes:
> Dan, I certainly understand the need to do this but I
> have never quite understood why it is allowed. To a
> newcomer like myself, the practice of jacking the car,
> putting it in gear and buzzing the engine seemed very
> unsafe to me. I could only imagine what would happen
> if the car came off the jack! And this advise coming
> from a guy who caught me trying to sneak an SFI-5
> drivers suit into a car requiring SFI-15 (LOL).
>
> John Goodman
You don't have to "buzz" the engine, only run it at a fast idle with a
qualified and possibly "suited-up" person at the controls.
To warm the automatic tranny just put the tranny in gear and run it
against the converter at a fast idle and you'll build a little heat in a
hurry........Ardun Doug
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