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Wed Sep 11, 2002 12:32 pm
Adding extra fuel washes the oil from the rings faster and increases ring wear, why besides all the other downsides you want the engine in closed loop as soon as possible. At 195F the ecu starts removing [in 1 degree increments per 5F above 194F] ignition advance to protect the engine from what it thinks is the beginning of an overheat.
One of the reasons [besides the normal loss of air density in hot weather] that owners seem to feel a loss of power in Summer. By a 220F coolant temp the advance is down by 5 degrees vs winter.The knock sensitivity increases as the head temperature increases [from coolant not being able to lower it as the differential temp [cylinder vs coolant narrows].So the Knock counts increase to the point where an extra 5-10 degrees is removed on top of what the coolant rise takes out!
A summer dud!