Happy New Year, Rikard

What I started doing is letting the oil pressure rise to it's normal point and then drive off. Even driving easy, the truck warms up a lot faster than when it's just sitting idiling. I used to let the truck sit for about 15 minutes. Now, if I'm going to ride someone I'll let it sit, but only so the passenger doesn't have to hop into a cold truck! lol

 

6cylBill, do you run a transmission cooler in your truck? Transmissions often are slow to drop into gear when cold, especially Ford transmission in my experience. Having a cooler hooked up without using the radiator tanks makes this problem much worse.

 

Aaron, no tranny cooler here. This E4OD has always been a problem. I can't complain too much- it hasn't puked on me. I suspect it has with one of the previous owners tho. Back in Texas in the summer time the stupid transmission would try to overheat. I don't mean pulling a load, either. Just straight highway driving on flat ground.

I wish I had the ZF. Or at the very least a shift kit paired with a cooler.

Like I said, I suppose I can't complain too much. As long she gets me from A to B with no real problems.

 

when mines cold. i cant hear my exhaust (which is usually loud). all i hear is the cooling fan spinning. and its tough to rev it up enough to shift to the next gear

 

Fan clutch should freewheel till it gets hot. Might be a seized clutch.

 

well mine is opposite. when its cold it runs real strong but once it warms up it seems to loose some power.

 

Assuming there is no mechanical fault, that could be due to initial timing being to low (ECM raises timing on a cold engine), or the engine running too lean on closed loop.

How do the plugs look?

 

yea mine is really loud too and i know for a fact it isnt seized...... lol coz the day it does i will be going like 30mph faster

it will prolly sling off the shaft and fly threw my hood while cutting the belt radiator hoses and busting the radiator lol.... talk about a stroke of luck if that ever happened

 

Cold transmission fluid can be just as bad as hot transmission fluid. I like to always let my vehicles build a little heat before driving them.

 

I don't notice any difference in Old Rusty, I always wait for the fast idle to drop off before moving & then just put him in gear & go.

 

lol wow my truck sounds louder and better when cold. remember the cooler its running the better. mine seems to be the same from start to off

 

My "beater" 95 must be in the minority here. I can definately tell it runs stronger before it's fully warmed up. I always let it warm up some and never abuse it, but there's for sure a difference even in normal driving.

My daily driver seems to run about the same whenever. But it gets babied when it's cold, and I always at least let it idle down on a cold start, even in summer.

 

[QUOTE=6CylBill;8302077]Kind of a strange question today. I know all motor vehicles will run better warm. My question to you is, how much better? Do you notice a difference in performace? None? A lot?


I generally let vehicles warm up for about 20-30 seconds before driving off, and I do this for no particular reason. 20-30 seconds is about how much patience I have

 

ok in my 97 ranger ( 4.0 5speed 2wd ) i will let it run 30 to 60 seconds depending on how cold it is, and thats just to make sure oil has had a chance to circulate fully, but after that 30-60 i take off, and i definately can say it has "***** to the wall" when cold and looses a little power as it warms , i suspect its from the colder and denser air charge coming in, combined with the closed loop (? i think i said that right) when the ecm runs it rich intentionally

 

Yes, you said that correct.

It's probably due to having more timing advance when in open loop than in closed loop mode.

I rarely hammer my truck to redline regardless of the weather, so I've taken advantage of extra timing by advancing my distributor 2 degrees. Gives overall more power in the rpm range that I shift at with no ill effects since I'm never anywhere near redline. I shift far earlier than most trying to sqeek every mpg I can out of my crewcab.