how long do you warm the car up in cold temp?? say under 40 deg. thanks!

 

THAT'S not cold! [img]/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif[/img] Try -40!!

Anyway, the best way to warm up a cold car is to start it and let it idle no more than 30 sec, or when it's really cold up to a couple minutes. Then drive the car slowly, being gentle on the throttle until it fully warms up in about 5 minutes of driving. This is apparently better for the engine than extended periods of idling and warms the car up faster as well.

<font color=green>GG</font color=green>

 

Yeah, it's not like the pre-fuel injection days when if you drove it too soon your choke might close! [img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img]


Brilliant Silver/Graphite '04 Sedan/5AT

 

Hey Gordgee, Tell us about having 2 block heaters for that
-40 weather. [img]/w3timages/icons/frown.gif[/img] that's cold (brass monkey weather).
The weatherman says +5 today in Edmonton, ---the first time above freezing in a while. You won't need much warmup or block heating today.
GSM

<font color=red>GSM</font color=red> <font color=black>Silverstone Coupe</font color=black>

 

Gordgee is right. Modern cars warm up internally within 30 seconds unless it's below freezing, long before the temp sensors react to the block/head temp changes.


03.5 Coupe - Black/Willow, 6MT, Premium, Navi, Aero, Sat

 

i judge how cold and how long to warm up my car (92 camry) by how high the rpm the car is idling at, when its cold it idles at 1950 rpm, and when it normalizes its aobut 1100 my dad (his g35) doesnt warm up for more than a minute. damn you v6 guys heh