Warming up your car in winter months..???
It gets cold in NY too, and what I do is remote start the b*tch and go down to the car after 2-3 mins. of it sitting started, then I wait for the temp needle to start moving up closer to the first line and if the RPMs are around 1k mark, off I go...
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Originally Posted by TwilightBlue
That's about what I do and it's recommended in the manual to do the same, then I take it easy (shift before 2.5k rpm) until the engine reaches normal operating temps.
Thanks you guys, all the replies helped out alot, except for the 30 min overkill post, thats just crazy.
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...Another thing I've also herd is that you shouldn't wait til the temp gets halfway because its not only a waste of time and fuel, but also thats only the engine temp...and we need to kinda have the engine and the rest of the trasnmission warm up aswell, since they aren't engaged while in idle; the engine warms up alot more, and the transmission is still cooler
Originally Posted by GEE35X
Wow you are wasting a lot of fuel and energy. That is also hard on the car.
Why not just use a block heater on a timer. And start your car , clear the snow and away you go. Thats what we do in the Great White North
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Why not just use a block heater on a timer. And start your car , clear the snow and away you go. Thats what we do in the Great White North
.IMHO if the temperature is a little above freezing it isn't really considered a cold start. To the OP 50F is warm enough to not do anything different than at 70F+.
Originally Posted by Asad_A203
There is a huge disagreement on RFD (a candian forum) about this before. I will let you know what I do (and I don't even have a block heater; haha) when it is -40C outside here in Winnipeg... I let the car drop to 1200 RPM (takes 45 seconds); I then proceed to drive the vehicle but keep my RPMs below 2100 RPM until the engine temperature is at normal. This warm up period takes 4-5 minutes in -50C weather; I do run 0W-30 to help the oil not sludge up as much especially when I do not have a block heater installed.
Apparently if you let your car run for more than 30 seconds it stresses the transmission/engine and driving the vehicle but keeping the RPM is low a better method of warming it up. I don't drive on the highway too much but obviously you cannot be creeping around at 40 km/h on the highway.
Apparently if you let your car run for more than 30 seconds it stresses the transmission/engine and driving the vehicle but keeping the RPM is low a better method of warming it up. I don't drive on the highway too much but obviously you cannot be creeping around at 40 km/h on the highway.
I've never experienced or heard of it that cold unless you're adding wind chill. In the nine years I lived there we had a few days in the -41 /42 range F or about -41C.
ha no that is with the windchill. Coldest without it has been high (I guess low?) 30s and last year we peaked at -40C (relatively mild winter overall though).
This is the same day my car couldn't turn over when I left it outside for 40 minutes. When I got the error code; it was malfunctioning sensors. I sure hope I don't run into problems again this year.
This is the same day my car couldn't turn over when I left it outside for 40 minutes. When I got the error code; it was malfunctioning sensors. I sure hope I don't run into problems again this year.
Originally Posted by Asad_A203
ha no that is with the windchill. Coldest without it has been high (I guess low?) 30s and last year we peaked at -40C (relatively mild winter overall though).
This is the same day my car couldn't turn over when I left it outside for 40 minutes. When I got the error code; it was malfunctioning sensors. I sure hope I don't run into problems again this year.
This is the same day my car couldn't turn over when I left it outside for 40 minutes. When I got the error code; it was malfunctioning sensors. I sure hope I don't run into problems again this year.
Yeah, good luck with the G. Back in 1980 I had a '69 Ford Country Sedan with a 351 V8. I left it out on the coldest night of the year without plugging it in. -42 and it actually started. LOL There was a bit of racket from the lifters and whine in the belts/pumps etc until everything warmed up a bit.
Those were the days of non radial glass belted tires that flat spotted like crazy in the cold and shocks with different fluids than the gas ones today. The car would bounce and thump down the road for miles until the tires warmed up and the fluid thinned out a bit.
Originally Posted by RBull
Whew. You had me scared for a bit thinking global warming backfired in the Peg.
Yeah, good luck with the G. Back in 1980 I had a '69 Ford Country Sedan with a 351 V8. I left it out on the coldest night of the year without plugging it in. -42 and it actually started. LOL There was a bit of racket from the lifters and whine in the belts/pumps etc until everything warmed up a bit.
Those were the days of non radial glass belted tires that flat spotted like crazy in the cold and shocks with different fluids than the gas ones today. The car would bounce and thump down the road for miles until the tires warmed up and the fluid thinned out a bit.
Yeah, good luck with the G. Back in 1980 I had a '69 Ford Country Sedan with a 351 V8. I left it out on the coldest night of the year without plugging it in. -42 and it actually started. LOL There was a bit of racket from the lifters and whine in the belts/pumps etc until everything warmed up a bit.
Those were the days of non radial glass belted tires that flat spotted like crazy in the cold and shocks with different fluids than the gas ones today. The car would bounce and thump down the road for miles until the tires warmed up and the fluid thinned out a bit.
This year I am definately investing in a block heater though.
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