Just like you don’t enjoy getting out of bed in the morning, so too would your car prefer to stay in the garage until the sun comes up. However, neither of you really get your wish.

Each morning that the temperature drops, it becomes harder to get out of bed and face the day. And who would blame you? However, do you ever spare a thought for your car which you force to leap out of the garage as soon as you turn the key?

Is Your Car Struggling More Than You Are During Cold Mornings?

As much as a few cups of hot coffee and a shower help you, these aren’t going to give any benefits to your car. If your car struggles in the morning or you are in the habit of warming it up each morning, below is a post from K&K Oils and Lube just for you.

A Basic Understanding of Your Engine

The best way to understand this post is with a quick lesson on how your engine works. Each time that you turn the key, a range of metal engine parts, ranging in size and shape, leap into action, pulling, pushing, and bumping against each other so that you can get from A to B. As you can imagine, and remembering back to your high-school science lessons, metal sliding against metal creates a great deal of friction. The way that your engine protects its parts against this damage is with your engine oil. Once inside your engine, your engine oil (also known as motor oil) makes its way in and around the most intricate spaces in your engine, coating each of your engine parts with a protective barrier. It is this barrier which prevents friction from damaging your engine. Click here to buy Signature Series 0W-40 Synthetic Motor Oil which can help to keep your engine running smoothly during cold weather with a quick synthetic oil change in Clermont, FL. To find out more or for help finding the right product, check out the online store or speak with a professional at K&K Oils and Lube today by calling (918) 269-0081.

What Happens When You Warm up Your Car?

Almost every motorist was taught one common rule. That is to always warm up their engine before you start to drive, especially during cold weather. And while this makes sense on the surface, given that it’s a hot shower and hot cup of coffee which gets you warm and ready in the morning, in reality, you aren’t doing what you think you are. If you regularly use a conventional oil then, as the weather gets cold, your engine oil starts to clump together around your engine, retracting from its once comprehensive protective coverage. This oil remains clumped and your parts unprotected until your engine’s temperature has reached high enough to heat up the oil and allow it to return to a thin consistency. Once this has occurred, it can again provide protection. As you have likely deduced from reading the above, you aren’t warming up your engine so much as you are warming up your engine oil. Unfortunately, this causes two problems:

1. Until your engine parts are protected, they are essentially metal clashing against metal. When this happens, small chips of metal are eaten away from your engine parts. Over time, the damage becomes so bad that these parts need to be replaced. If you’ve ever heard your mechanic mention the words ‘engine damage’, this is likely the culprit.
2. In addition to causing wear on the individual parts, the small shards of metal travel through your engine’s inner workings and can become lodged between moving parts. This can restrict certain engine parts from working correctly and result in a reduction in your engine performance.

Prevent Engine Damage with a Synthetic Oil Change in Clermont, FL

The best way to prevent this type of damage is with a synthetic oil change. Synthetic oil has been designed to withstand low temperatures. This means that as the cold weather sets in, synthetic oil remains at a thin consistency, providing constant protection even while your engine is switched off. This, of course, means that as soon as you start your car, your engine is being protected, which means no more warming up! To learn more about how you can benefit from a synthetic oil change in Clermont, FL or for help finding the right product for you, speak with an expert at K&K Oils and Lube today by calling (918) 269-0081.