Back home safe and sound... with the car! I did one lap around the block on hold mode, it was a James Bond smoke show. Crazy. Back in shop, it hadn't dropped the oil level at all. Ok, time for the highway. Took it out, up to around 75MPH, smoke was pretty much gone by the time I got one exit down. Kept driving it around for another half hour. Had the Snap On scanner monitoring all the time, no MIL requests at all. Back to shop, check oil one last time. No drop.
Swapped out the Snap On for the bluetooth OBD2 dongle, connected MyVoltHold app to force ENGINE ON. This gets the engine hotter, on hold in cold weather, it still turns off, and only got to 82C on my driving. With the app, it stays on, and I got it right up to 99C before the thermostat opened.
This winter, I had decided to just let the car do its thing and ERDTT whenever requested. Obviously, my 12km drive to work is not long enough for ERDTT to boil off moisture, especially with the extreme cold that we have had. So, I'll use the MyVoltHold to run the engine all the way there once a week if it's cold.
What a relief. I'll change the oil this week, for sure.
Swapped out the Snap On for the bluetooth OBD2 dongle, connected MyVoltHold app to force ENGINE ON. This gets the engine hotter, on hold in cold weather, it still turns off, and only got to 82C on my driving. With the app, it stays on, and I got it right up to 99C before the thermostat opened.
This winter, I had decided to just let the car do its thing and ERDTT whenever requested. Obviously, my 12km drive to work is not long enough for ERDTT to boil off moisture, especially with the extreme cold that we have had. So, I'll use the MyVoltHold to run the engine all the way there once a week if it's cold.
What a relief. I'll change the oil this week, for sure.