How do you warm up a car

Nasir · Post by **Nasir** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:43 pm

What's a good way of warming up your car if you only have a minute to do it?

Cruel Night · Post by **Cruel Night** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:51 pm

turn it on and leave it in neutral... that's all you can do...

Nasir · Post by **Nasir** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:56 pm

Cruel Night wrote:turn it on and leave it in neutral... that's all you can do...

Yeah I know that, I just meant that if there are anyways to speed that up that wouldn't hurt the car.Like giving it gas?

Cruel Night · Post by **Cruel Night** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:08 pm

give it gas and you'll just waste it.. and depending on your climate, you can damage your engine.. for example, ehre in winnipeg, during the winter you never want to give it gas because the oil is too thick, and thus increasing engine wear...

Nasir · Post by **Nasir** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:38 pm

Cruel Night wrote:give it gas and you'll just waste it.. and depending on your climate, you can damage your engine.. for example, ehre in winnipeg, during the winter you never want to give it gas because the oil is too thick, and thus increasing engine wear...

So reving up the engine while its cold is bad for the car?

Cruel Night · Post by **Cruel Night** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:43 pm

yes, because the oil is thicker, and thus does not flow as easily through out the engine, and consequently, the important parts don't get lubed as efficiently and effectively as they would once the engine has warmed up slowly.

Nasir · Post by **Nasir** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:06 pm

Cruel Night wrote:yes, because the oil is thicker, and thus does not flow as easily through out the engine, and consequently, the important parts don't get lubed as efficiently and effectively as they would once the engine has warmed up slowly.

So what should I do in the mornings because my car is absolutely freezing and I'm always in a hurry to get to school

HighlyEvolved · Post by **HighlyEvolved** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:20 pm

well wake up 5 mins earlier so the car can stay in neutral for 5 mins

Cody · Post by **Cody** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:24 pm

I know in my Jetta, the manual suggests using the absolute least necessary warm up time, and just driving the car very gently until the car comes to running temp. What I do is turn it on and let it run for 30 seconds to a minute, enough for the rpms to drop to normal idle. I then drive the car slowly. It's an auto, so when I give it light gas it shifts around 2500 rpms. The car warms up very quickly this way. On the other hand, I can turn it on and let it sit outside for 10 minutes, and it barely gets lukewarm.

Cody

Sypher · Post by **Sypher** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:38 pm

well if your car has a block heater, you can plug it in over night and your engine will not need as long of a warm up time.

Nasir · Post by **Nasir** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:43 am

Cody wrote:I know in my Jetta, the manual suggests using the absolute least necessary warm up time, and just driving the car very gently until the car comes to running temp. What I do is turn it on and let it run for 30 seconds to a minute, enough for the rpms to drop to normal idle. I then drive the car slowly. It's an auto, so when I give it light gas it shifts around 2500 rpms. The car warms up very quickly this way. On the other hand, I can turn it on and let it sit outside for 10 minutes, and it barely gets lukewarm.

Cody

Thanks

My jetta takes forever to reach the midway point between hot and cold.Usually 5-9 minutes of actual driving

VTECaddict · Post by **VTECaddict** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:59 am

just drive it gently until it reaches normal operating temp.

Cody · Post by **Cody** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:20 am

Nasir: Mine takes this long as well if I'm easy on it until it actuallyr eaches full operating temp. Usually once I see it get into the readable zone of the guage (beyond the three solid lines, and into the graduated area), then I push it a little more and the last half of warming up goes much more quickly.

Cody

allaboutme · Post by **allaboutme** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:03 pm

You warm up the engine by driving the car. Start the car up and go, but never let the car idle in the mornings.

If you live in colder climates, get yourself an engine heater. Again, don't let the car idle. I don't know why people are even suggesting the idea... I am completely serious here.

Sypher · Post by **Sypher** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:14 pm

allaboutme wrote:You warm up the engine by driving the car. Start the car up and go, but never let the car idle in the mornings.

If you live in colder climates, get yourself an engine heater. Again, don't let the car idle. I don't know why people are even suggesting the idea... I am completely serious here.

not exactly true. I guess it depends on the car. In my car manual, it says to warm the engine up for around a minuite. The reason being it is to allow all the metal used in the engine work together sort of to speak....

btw, the car is a 01 civic, D17 engine... not sure if its for this engine only or other ones in the honda line too...