Ok Ive heard so many different theorys that Im not sure which to go by. What should I do concerning the warm-up of hte car?

Do I have to wait till it is fully warm?

Ive heard that I can drive it after about a min or so as long as I dont drive it ***** to the wall until it is fully warm.

Any of this true??? Excuse my noobness.


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Yes it is best to let any car warm up before hard driving.

 

I just start the car and let it idle for a minute or 2 then drive under 4k no boost until the car is fully warmed up. Nothing special.

 

And you've had no problems with that? Is it ok to start driving even if its still idling at >1K rpm?

 

Yea why not? Alot of modern cars have some kind of accelerated warm up system that keeps the idle a little higher to speed up the warm up process. I myself have disabled accelerated warm up.

 

At first start up in the morning I let it sit for 10-15 minutes pretty much no matter what. And depending on how long I start the car after the last time I turned it off, I usually let it idle for a minute before driving again.

 

There is more to warm up on a car than the engine, the rest of the driveline. All around its better to drive off gently after a short warm up period, a minute or so. Then when the engine is to operating temp so is everything else. Unless we are talking about a race car, then you warm up the engine to 160 to 170 before you head to the grid and warm up everything else on the warm up lap.

 

10-15 mins is a bit of overkill as far as warmup goes. I usually let it go for a min or so and keep it under 4k and no boost until it's up to temp.

 

i let mine warm up untill the temp needle moves just a tiny bit

 

I let the accelerated warm up process finish, then I drive it, keep it under 3krpm till the temp needle is in the normal spot.

 

I just start the car and drive it, and then i just keep it out of boost until the car is warmed up (according to water temp gauge)

You don't have to let it sit and idle for a few minutes before you drive it at all. It's not gonna kill the car. It is a passenger vehicle after all. Not a super race car.
Just don't beat on it until its warmed up.

 

This is what i learned from a Canadian STLE meeting..

Start engine for maybe around 1-2mins.. Start up car, go clear your windows or something, get back in and drive off... Just don't go crazy with the throttle untill warmed up..
Idleing a car to warm it up is simply a MYTH!!! Yes believe it.. This was said by 3 or 4 of the biggest oil companies world wide.. Something like 60% of all engine wear is on start up..
Idling your car is bad..

 

sometimes if i am really late for work and I dont have a minute to spare I just drive immediatly, i keep it under 3k untill it's warmed up, which is good because it's usally warmed up good enough for high revving by the time I make it to the expressway from my house.
if I have time, I usally let it run for about 2 minutes before i take off. but I still keep it under 3k untill it's fully warmed!

 

Absolutely REDICULOUS especially since you live in cali. On the COLDEST long island (NY) mornings I let it idle for 5 minutes and my car would be fully warmed up. Now that it's getting warmer I let it idle for 1 minute and keep it under 3k while driving until it's warm.

 

Excessive warming up is not good for the car. Oil dilution from excessively rich idle mixture, anyone? Worse with premix...

I start it in gear (so the AWS doesn't blast the cold engine to 3k RPM for heating up my non-existent cats), put it in neutral, get the radio/iPod playing, and then drive off. I keep it under 3k RPM until it's warmed up by the temp gauge plus about 5 mins for the oil to catch up. I then proceed to whomp on it.

-=Russ=-

 

Having it in gear will stop the accelerated warm up???

 

the reason why I let it idle so long is because for 1) my warm up feature has been disconnected (meaning it does not idle at 3k or even 2k, it stays and idles at 1k the whole time) 2) I have a ported throttled body, meaning there is excessive ware to the engine while driving when my car is cold. 3) I see nothing wrong with letting my car warm up from idle, and then still keeping my car under secondary before everything is warm, while driving.

 

I find rubbing the hood intensly aids in warming the car, as well as breathing on the steering wheel.

 

Ah i see you follow the canadian warm-up rituals

 

interesting i'll have to try this sometime

 

Usually I leave mine in the igloo through the winter; its too cold to drive, or even move for that matter

 

it has a subzero start assist which i find useless where i live maybe you should make sure yours works might help a lil

 

doesn't help, hehe, take it out