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Mine is up to temp within 5 minutes of easy driving from start. Best practice is to start it, give a few seconds for the idle to smooth out, and drive off babying it somewhat for the first few minutes. Not extreme baybing it, but avoid pushing it hard, excessively loading it, and of course, no WOT. You don't need to restrict the revs so much, but avoid loading it. Give the oil time to get up to temp. (given a properly functioning cooling system, the oil temp should roughly follow the coolant temp) and remember the engine components have differing rates of thermal expansion due to different materials (ex. aluminum head, iron block). I bought one of mine that needed a new engine. The PO lived at the bottom of a long steep hill and she would boot it up that hill from a cold start every morning, quite effectively shortening the life of that engine. Best thing you can do is to ensure you have the correct thermostat that correctly blocks off the bypass port, and use full synthetic diesel-rated motor oil. This is a must. Are you saying it is gutless because you are hesitant to rev it into its powerband? Is your situation that you enter a high speed highway immediately from your starting location?
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