Sorry, by high idle time I mean wrt to total engine hours.You mean the time the idle takes to come down after a cold start? Mine this winter is usually only a few minutes if left to idle without driving after a cold start.
pretty much the old days with carbs and low flow oil pumps that was an issue now with VVT, Fuel injection and higher flowing oil pumps as well as better oils idling is a non issue for gassersNo one is really going to be able to answer that question definitively. There are some guys who report almost as much idle as driving hours due to their work and haven’t had any problems. I personally think the high idle hours thing is a stinking myth….
Well the newest theory about the Hemi and its eating its own cam/lifters comes from a guy who made a youtube video saying its because the cam is located far up in the engine block and above an oiling galley that feeds the oil squirters. His theory is that since its so high up and that its above the oil galley that it doesn't get any splash lubrication to the cam lobes at idle or slow engine speeds. I think its bunk though.... Sure it may not get a lot of splash lubrication but I'd think it gets plenty down to the lobes via the lifters being lubricated by and moving up and down in their bores. More than enough oil should be flowing down to those needle bearings and cam lobes at any engine speed.pretty much the old days with carbs and low flow oil pumps that was an issue now with VVT, Fuel injection and higher flowing oil pumps as well as better oils idling is a non issue for gassers
The second you said youtube i knew it was a crap theory lolWell the newest theory about the Hemi and its eating its own cam/lifters comes from a guy who made a youtube video saying its because the cam is located far up in the engine block and above an oiling galley that feeds the oil squirters. His theory is that since its so high up and that its above the oil galley that it doesn't get any splash lubrication to the cam lobes at idle or slow engine speeds. I think its bunk though.... Sure it may not get a lot of splash lubrication but I'd think it gets plenty down to the lobes via the lifters being lubricated by and moving up and down in their bores. More than enough oil should be flowing down to those needle bearings and cam lobes at any engine speed.