are you saying that the factory sent out new vehicles without properly adjusting, tuning and testing the engine?? these vehicles were driven off the assembly line to a marshaling area to be driven onto trucks and trains for shipment .... yes, they were assembled at ambient temperature, and when complete the engines were test run before they were put on conveyors to the line for installation
cold valve setting is "close", so it will start and run, leave a bit extra and adjust as soon as it's up to temp
Bill