Warm up time
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Warm up time
I was thinking today. (too much time on my hands)
How long of a warm up time is needed at different starting temps.
75 deg
50 deg
35 deg
20 deg
0 deg
I am just wandering what you guys think.
Jim
How long of a warm up time is needed at different starting temps.
75 deg
50 deg
35 deg
20 deg
0 deg
I am just wandering what you guys think.
Jim
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Give it a couple mins and then drive it easy until up to oil operating temp. This is where an oil temp gauge comes in handy.
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I think you should let it warm up long enough to put your seat belt on and then drive it easy until it warms up. That's true at any temperature. All that warming up idling is just good for using more fuel. And we all enjoy buying fuel more often...
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This is why you dont EVER buy an ambulance (or god forbid a fire engine) motor. They sit in very cold apparatus bays for hours, then get run very hard right away.
As for me. No warm up period. I start and go, but then again "cold" is below 70* where I am..
As for me. No warm up period. I start and go, but then again "cold" is below 70* where I am..
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if below -10 i let idle for 5-8 min then take easier than my normal cold motor takening easy other wise normal get situated in cab and go but easy
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most of the firetrucks here get plugged in to keep them hot so there ready to go.
i just drive slow until temps is good. some times i will let it run for 10 minutes if it is cold.
i just drive slow until temps is good. some times i will let it run for 10 minutes if it is cold.
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When it gets cold here in winter, below 75* I let it run long enough for the seats to warm up and the heater to get going! I had to use the defrost once last year and that took a good 3 minutes! I had to wear long pants and a long sleeved t-shirt that day! It was horrible!!!!!
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I usually give mine long enough for the temp guage to start moving-like others have said-while I am getting set and puting my seatbelt on-I am so glad to hear about folks wearing their belts........if it wern't for seatbelts being worn I would have lost my Wife in a wreck when a drunk driver hit us about 20 years ago.
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When it gets cold here in winter, below 75* I let it run long enough for the seats to warm up and the heater to get going! I had to use the defrost once last year and that took a good 3 minutes! I had to wear long pants and a long sleeved t-shirt that day! It was horrible!!!!!
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LOL that sounds like a nightmare!
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When it gets cold here in winter, below 75* I let it run long enough for the seats to warm up and the heater to get going! I had to use the defrost once last year and that took a good 3 minutes! I had to wear long pants and a long sleeved t-shirt that day! It was horrible!!!!!
Jim & fat Monty
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