All taxi drivers know this secret - what an engine needs for many years of service
Enjoying the road or endless repairs of your iron friend is an obvious choice for every car owner.
This issue is especially acute for drivers who spend all day behind the wheel, because their car engines wear out faster than others.
Most of the cars in any taxi fleet are inexpensive foreign cars. At the same time, experiencing a colossal load, many cars with a mileage of over 300 thousand km remain in service and do not cause the owner any special troubles in maintenance. Everyone is interested in the secret of the long service life of their engines.
The differences in the operation of the engine of the average owner's car and the "workhorse" of a taxi are obvious: lower mileage, constant traffic jams and short city trips.
In the cold season, the engine is loaded even more noticeably - when operating in a jerky mode, it does not have time to warm up to the optimal operating temperature.
In such a situation, the oil in the engine loses its enveloping properties and the wear of the unit accelerates.
Taxi cars work differently: the engine is constantly running – the car is turned off only in rare cases; constant average speed; less time spent in traffic jams, thanks to separate traffic lanes for taxis.
But the result never ceases to amaze – the engines of taxi cars are in better condition than those of ordinary citizens.
The secret of durability is in the frequency and number of hours of cold running of the car. After all, the temperature shown on the sensor is the temperature of the coolant, and the oil itself in the power unit heats up a little later.
It turns out that the engine starts to operate in a mode of insufficient oil until it warms up and becomes sufficiently viscous.
A patiently warmed-up engine will help extend the service life of any car and save the nerves and budget of the car owner.
