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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 10:43 PM
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I was wondering, how long does it take for oil to drain from parts of the engine?

I went to a friend's house in Philadelphia and spent about an hour there. After, we decided to go down to Altantic city. When I got into my car, the temp gauge was in between completely cold and 12 o'clock. To make a story short, he drives like an ******* and I was following him there. Within a minute I was trying to chase him at like 90 mph within a minute.


Now I ALWAYS let my car warm up before I open it up like that. I'm always worried about engine bearings and whatnot but at this point, it was just start it and gun it. Question is, since my engine was still hot, (well...warm) was it still slightly lubricated from the drive there? How long does oil take to drain from an engine once it's turned off?
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 11:31 PM
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I think your fine. The oil pump will flow oil to the right places pretty quickly, especially when the oil is warm.
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