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Originally Posted by MrTiger
Reason is simple, oil thickens with low temps and viscosity is impacted. It will not get to all the critical parts if its idling and not warming up quickly.
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Even at idle the oil flows quite readily at low temperature being it is 0w-30 oil.
To be sure the engine and oil will warm up quicker if one begins driving the car soon after cold start. Though of course one needs to mind the RPMs and load until the engine is up to some suitable temperature.
I like to see the oil temperature reach its normal operation temperature and be there for some minutes to ensure all the oil is up to temperature.