Watch A Frozen Engine Warm Up With A Thermal Camera

As you know, heat is a big part of the process of running an engine and keeping heat away is one of the biggest challenges that plagues engineers who take part in designing just about any sort of automotive component that you can imagine from the tires to the rear end and all the way up to the intake manifold.

How exactly do you know where heat comes in the quickest and how intensely certain areas heat up? Well, introducing a thermal camera into the equation could help you to see where exactly the high temps are coming from. Not only is checking out a camera like this an educational experience but the footage is also interesting to dissect and look at.

This time, the guys over at Engineering Explained got their hands on a thermal camera to show us exactly how an engine looks when cranked up from a cold start. It’s quite fascinating to see how the heat spreads throughout the engine and which parts get to operating temperature first and which get to be the hottest of the bunch.

Check out the video below that will show you how exactly an engine comes to operating temp. Is this how you expected the heat to spread throughout the engine that was started when completely cold?