How long do you warm up?
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From: FL
How long do you warm up?
Just curious, having moved from Maine where I would remote start, take a shower, get dressed hop in and despite a 20 minute warm-up, still would have to wait a bit for the heat to make it to the defroster on some of the colder days. Now in FL and seeing down coats when it hits 50*. Still in the habit of allowing at lest 5 min warm up no matter what.
Your pattern?
Your pattern?
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From: Colorado Springs
Colorado here, Typically use the remote start, on average probably 5-15 minutes depending on outside temps, if below 15* I’ll give it some (15-20 minutes) time but I also plug it in too. I take it easy until I see the transmission and EOT in the mid 100’s.
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From: DeMotte, IN
Northern Indiana I usually go about a minute in my Focus which is parked outside with no remote start, just long enough to scrape the windows and leave. If I take my 350, probably 5 as it has the remote start. I will always shift to neutral for a short while before I take off. As Colorado states, I also take it easy the first 3-5 miles until everything else "warms up".
i shift to neutral all year long. Seems to lessen the clunk I have had from day one on the 350 when initially shifting into reverse after the truck has sat awhile.
i shift to neutral all year long. Seems to lessen the clunk I have had from day one on the 350 when initially shifting into reverse after the truck has sat awhile.
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From: baltimore
Depends on what the temperature is outside. might not warm my truck or car up at all if it is warm enough outside. If it is in the teens outside then I will let them warm up for 10-15 minutes with the remote start.
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In Montana, I usually don't warm up my car unless I need to scrape the windows and get things cleaned off. If it is really cold, where you can hear the engine whine and protest from the cold, Ill let it warm up for 5 or 10 minutes. Regardless, I'm pretty light on the gas pedal for the first couple miles.
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From: Southwest Ohio
Warming up a modern car is not needed and you're probably doing more harm than good, especially if you're letting it idle for minutes on end.
Here in Ohio I start the truck and go.
-- Dave
Here in Ohio I start the truck and go.
-- Dave
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If the windows are iced over 5 minutes or so. Otherwise I just wait the 30 secs or whatever it takes for the cold idle to settle down. Kind of pointless for me, my work is 10 minutes away.
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From: Near Salmon Arm BC
Start it up, put my seatbelt on, check to make sure the mirrors are adjusted correctly, and its showing oil pressure in the normal zone, put it in gear and drive away. I just don't floor it for the first 5 minutes is all. Warms up a lot fast while driving than idling.
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Spring /summer /autumn - 30 seconds to a minute, just long enough to get oil flowing through the engine, then drive normally until I see movement on the gauge.
Winter - anywhere from a couple minutes, just to get oil flowing, up to a half hour, depending on how cold it is and if I'm willing to sit on a cold seat..Lol.
They always warm up faster if you drive them, once oil is flowing and driven normally, almost every vehicle I've owned had heat within 5 minutes. I've had a few vehicles that never really got hot in the winter just idling, even running for half an hour.
Winter - anywhere from a couple minutes, just to get oil flowing, up to a half hour, depending on how cold it is and if I'm willing to sit on a cold seat..Lol.
They always warm up faster if you drive them, once oil is flowing and driven normally, almost every vehicle I've owned had heat within 5 minutes. I've had a few vehicles that never really got hot in the winter just idling, even running for half an hour.
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From: Western NY
Here in Western New York for winter time, if it's not real cold out and no frost, I start it up, put on seat belt, put my phone on the vent mount and drive slow from my house. I have a hill to climb up not even a quarter mile from my my house. I just take it easy and don't go over 2k RPMs.
If it's real cold, in the teens or less, I'll start the truck, brush off snow, scrap off frost if need be, get in and sit a few minutes, put on belt, put on butt warmer, put phone in holder and drive slow off the street. I usually take it slower up that hill than when it's not as cold out. I don't like to idle too long as that just clogs up the EGR cooler. A diesel gets warmer by driving slowly than just idling off a cold start. I like to see the oil at 100 deg F before I'd yomp on it.
But I do let the truck idle some when I arrive at my destination if EGT1 is still 400 deg F. I like it to get under 400 and down closer to 350 deg F so the oil doesn't coke up in the turbo.
If it's real cold, in the teens or less, I'll start the truck, brush off snow, scrap off frost if need be, get in and sit a few minutes, put on belt, put on butt warmer, put phone in holder and drive slow off the street. I usually take it slower up that hill than when it's not as cold out. I don't like to idle too long as that just clogs up the EGR cooler. A diesel gets warmer by driving slowly than just idling off a cold start. I like to see the oil at 100 deg F before I'd yomp on it.
But I do let the truck idle some when I arrive at my destination if EGT1 is still 400 deg F. I like it to get under 400 and down closer to 350 deg F so the oil doesn't coke up in the turbo.
