Warming up your car

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:37 am

ok I want to find out what everyone thinks...

how long to warm up your car before you drive it in the morning?

Forgetting about fuel saving etc...does everyone wait until it reasches operating temperature before driving...or just wait 20secs and off u go??

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:45 am

Yep i warm up every morning & afterwork, i do it until the rpm drop to around 750. I think thats like 10mins.

Star_Lancer · Post by **Star_Lancer** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:47 am

I try to but sometimes I am just in so much of a rush I just have to go.

Post by **Bennoz** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:37 am

Same as Kev, when she drops down to 750rpm I go. Usualy 5 mins or so, but I wait a good 20 mins before flogging it

It really wont hit proper operating temp for a good 15-20 mins of driving - the water temp (gauge) will come up quickly, but your oil temp takes a lot longer, gearbox oil temp even longer again.

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:43 am

actually I do the same...about 5-10min before I drive it usually...then nothing over 2k for another 5-10min.

damn wife takes about 5-10min to blow-dry her hair before work so I use this as my timer!!

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:26 am

i do the 30second thing 5-10min doesnt work with my bank balance

and it cant be justified when im just going to drive 5minute to the shops

shue · Post by **shue** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:39 am

warm it for 5 to 10 mins till the revs drop and then flog it after ive driven maybe 10 mins.

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:41 am

jonowong wrote:i do the 30second thing 5-10min doesnt work with my bank balance and it cant be justified when im just going to drive 5minute to the shops

ehehehe but when your engine starts to go, you won't even have a bank balance then, heheeh i doubt that it be using more then $1 of petrol when warming up the car. Ohh & i live 5mins from work too...heheehehe

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:29 pm

I try to give it a good warm up, but when i leave for work at 5am and have only got 30min to get to port melb, i must admit I dont always let it warm up as long as id like to!

definately dont rev it hard until ive been driving a while.

mike · Post by **mike** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:09 am

Generally I wait five or so minutes before she is driven. I used to wait until she was REALLY warm until pushing it but never got to enjoy the car and went weeks without MIVEC because the trips were too short.

Would be good to have a remote start, I would let it warm up longer if I didnt have to go outside!

Mike

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:23 am

Hmmmmmmm...........has this thread got anything to do with that rev limiter spelunking sound during MIVEC when the engine isn't warmed up properly?

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:25 am

nar...jist reading stuff about warming engines. I always warm mine until its a running temp in the morning..just wanted to know what everyone else does,,how ya been anyway Joel?

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:24 am

what i do is i remote start my car from my apartment before i go down to my car, then wait for it to warm up to the normal driving temp then go off, mine warm up pretty fast ... less then 5 minute

MIVEC is a pain in the ass if your car is cold, it won't let you use MIVEC at all, sounds like fuel cut sound?

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:13 pm

akuma3 wrote:what i do is i remote start my car from my apartment before i go down to my car, then wait for it to warm up to the normal driving temp then go off, mine warm up pretty fast ... less then 5 minute

MIVEC is a pain in the ass if your car is cold, it won't let you use MIVEC at all, sounds like fuel cut sound?

Remote Start ??? Interesting idea. How do you accomplish that exactly...

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:29 pm

some alarms have remote start functions... generally only recommended for autos

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:54 pm

EURO wrote:some alarms have remote start functions... generally only recommended for autos

lol wonder why

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:36 pm

would that mean turbo timers are bad for auto?

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:49 pm

ummm y?

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:22 pm

yes remote start my engine, was told it's illegal now to fit on my car due to manual gearbox but blahhh what ta hell so i fit it anyway. JUST REMEMBER TO PUT ON NETURAL OR YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT WILL HAPPEN!

I have turbo timer for my car too thought i don't have a turbo, looks cool anyway, but i don't see why you can't do it for auto?

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:30 pm

Turbo timer got nothing to do with auto or manual. Like its name, its about TURBO. Well techically its about saving your engine if you got a turbo.