Do you warm up your engine?
02-28-2008, 09:37 AM
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Do you warm up your engine?
Hey guys, just wanted to see if anyone else here other than my self actually warms up the engine before driving the car.
I've noticed if I turn the car on I have to wait about 5 min after idling to get the oil flow warm and for the car to act normal.
If I start driving after a min car acts as if it's only 50 bhp. Is this normal?
I've noticed if I turn the car on I have to wait about 5 min after idling to get the oil flow warm and for the car to act normal.
If I start driving after a min car acts as if it's only 50 bhp. Is this normal?
02-28-2008, 09:52 AM
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do you warm up
I give mine a couple of minutes. I live in Chicago and today was 3 degrees out when I started her up. When it is that cold My tranny takes about 3-5 minutes to operate correctly. if crank it up and pull out the car seems to have power but doesn't want to shift up to 3rd until i am going about 35mph. After running 5 minutes it is fine. It idepends on how cold it is. If you live in Cali or the southwest if you have oil pressure you are pretty much OK to go.
too impatient, i hop in, and gtfo
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Yea I hear you guys, today where I live its -15... I dont drive teh car in the winter but I can only imagine how it would run if I started it and hit the pedal right of way.
02-28-2008, 10:39 AM
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i usually give her a minute or so (wait for the revs to drop to the middle of the '10') and then just drive slow until i get out of the subdivision to get everything warmed up, and then i'm off!
02-28-2008, 10:51 AM
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The warm-up seems to be pretty short, about 3 houses wide on my street, then it seems ready to go. Thats when the MAS unit wasnt acting up, I havnt had the pleasure of driving it yet with the new MAS 
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1996 W124 E320 Coupé, 1990 W124 300E twin turbo, 1991 W126 300 SE, 1984 Ford Capri 2.8i
It's 2008 and things may have changed on recent models, but the handbooks I've read for my early--mid 1990s MBs (three vehicles), and for my 1984 Ford Capri 2.8i and a 1996 Golf VR6 (now departed), all recommended starting up and getting moving without delay.
I've seen a report from a Ford engineer who described cold idling as "incredibly damaging". And it takes at least 7 miles to warm up properly, so shorter trips are also to be avoided. You need all those lubricants and coolants to be up to their optimum operating temperatures as soon as possible, and getting on with it is the only way, apart from fitting an engine preheater (which I've done on two cars, with a definite benefit of reduced fuel consumption on one of them).
I've seen a report from a Ford engineer who described cold idling as "incredibly damaging". And it takes at least 7 miles to warm up properly, so shorter trips are also to be avoided. You need all those lubricants and coolants to be up to their optimum operating temperatures as soon as possible, and getting on with it is the only way, apart from fitting an engine preheater (which I've done on two cars, with a definite benefit of reduced fuel consumption on one of them).
02-28-2008, 12:45 PM
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I like to let her warm up in cold weather if it's been sitting for multiple hours or overnight. But in the summer, I just start her up, wait about one minute (get in, find a good CD, get a cig out, etc..) Then I go for it.
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I get in, start the car, then I put on my stereo faceplate, put my iPhone in its place, find a track that I want and turn on the PIAAs. By that time, Enzo's good to go...I part in a heated underground parkade.
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Oh hush, all of you haha...I think it's child abuse to park my car outside lol....As far as the good life, well, I worked for it, might as well enjoy it a bit, right?
What's wrong with parkade?? HAHA
PS STL, GET THE LIGHTS ALREADY!! lol
What's wrong with parkade?? HAHA
PS STL, GET THE LIGHTS ALREADY!! lol
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lol, nothing wrong with "parkade"
It's just a Canadian term. Us Yankees call them "parking garages", which is clearly a less efficient thing to have to say.
It's just a Canadian term. Us Yankees call them "parking garages", which is clearly a less efficient thing to have to say.
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1994 E320
Hey guys, just wanted to see if anyone else here other than my self actually warms up the engine before driving the car.
I've noticed if I turn the car on I have to wait about 5 min after idling to get the oil flow warm and for the car to act normal.
If I start driving after a min car acts as if it's only 50 bhp. Is this normal?
I've noticed if I turn the car on I have to wait about 5 min after idling to get the oil flow warm and for the car to act normal.
If I start driving after a min car acts as if it's only 50 bhp. Is this normal?
Haha, -15 is like suntan weather, I had -58f to deal with a couple weeks ago.
