Don't warmup up your car-R&T

[agesilaus]

R&T

At least not your gasser, don't know if it applies to diesels.

[Atlee]

Agree.

Exactly what I do. If the windows are clear, I just start and drive. However, if the windows need scraping, I start the vehicle, turn the defrost on high, and then start scraping, beginning with the side windows if necessary.

I will do the windshield last, letting the defrost do some of the work.

toedtoes wrote:
I don't warm up my engine. But I defrost my windows before I drive off - and that means running the engine. If the windows don't need defrosting, I just get in and drive.

[Perrysburg_Dodg]

Bumpyroad wrote:
years back in that tropical paradise they called Iowa I had to call aaa from the motel to start my car, drove to a restaurant, ate breakfast, called AAA again to start car. 😉
bumpy

And you only did that 5 times for starts and 3 times for tows a year before it cost you.

[Perrysburg_Dodg]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"If you have a motor built in the last 30-40 years or so, it is better to turn on, take off slowly, this will warm up the motor faster and better."

I completely agree! I have NEVER let my rigs warm up. I get high miles out of my rigs with no issues. Start engine, place in gear and drive moderately to start.

So do you clear your truck of snow then start it and take off? Or do you start then clear and drive off?

[RPreeb]

The_real_wild1 wrote:
LOL. I have to laugh at some of you guys that say just jump in and go. I have to look at everyones location. Id love to see you buy a new diesel truck hooked up to a heavy trailer just jump in and drive away when it is -40 after the truck has been sitting for the weekend. Lets make it more interesting by not plugging it in as well.

Most of us don't drive diesels either. The R/T article didn't specify.

I know that "puffers" are ticketable in the Denver Metro area - not sure if it's a state law. They do get ticketed too. It's part of the Denver effort to reduce winter air pollution.

[drittal]

mowermech wrote:
It is illegal in this state to leave an idling vehicle unattended.
You can start it and let it idle as long as you want, but you have to sit in it!

As a lifetime resident, I have never heard of this law let alone seen it enforced. All winter trucks idle away in truck stops while the drivers are inside eating, showering, etc...

[The_real_wild1]

LOL. I have to laugh at some of you guys that say just jump in and go. I have to look at everyones location. Id love to see you buy a new diesel truck hooked up to a heavy trailer just jump in and drive away when it is -40 after the truck has been sitting for the weekend. Lets make it more interesting by not plugging it in as well.

[Grodyman]

I don't even need to read the article to know that it was written by an environmentalist wacko. Everything has been infiltrated.

[ShinerBock]

Not sure about Fords or GM diesels, but my Ram will automatically kick on the exhaust brake when I remote start it on mornings that are 30F or so. It warms up the truck pretty quickly.

[colliehauler]

If car company's did not want there vehicle started and idling why did they put a remote start on the key fob? Is it necessary for the vehicle no, is it necessary for the owner, personal choice.

[Bumpyroad]

years back in that tropical paradise they called Iowa I had to call aaa from the motel to start my car, drove to a restaurant, ate breakfast, called AAA again to start car. 😉
bumpy

[toedtoes]

I think the article needs some "disclaimers":

1. This is about the need to warm your engine, not about the need to defrost your windows/mirrors.

2. This is about moderate temperatures, not extreme ones.

3. This is about modern vehicles not old carburetor vehicles with non-electric chokes.

[Lessmore]

You need to warm your vehicle up when it's 35 to 40 below. We get this weather every so often and I get a bit of a yuk, when I hear this kind of advice from individuals in warmer climes.

[Cummins12V98]

"If you have a motor built in the last 30-40 years or so, it is better to turn on, take off slowly, this will warm up the motor faster and better."

I completely agree! I have NEVER let my rigs warm up. I get high miles out of my rigs with no issues. Start engine, place in gear and drive moderately to start.

[brooks379]

I was with a guy once who shut his truck off for about 5 hours and the temp outside was -15. There was 5 of us driving trucks going to the same destination. When we went into the truck stop all but him let their trucks idle. When we all left he just started his truck up and tried to keep up with us and that COLD motor bent every push rod in the engine.... The Cat. tech where he had to take the truck to told him never just start a motor up in this weather and go, let it warm up !!

[Grit_dog]

Mortimer Brewster wrote:

wrgrs50s wrote:
Whoever wrote this story don't know squat !!!

Actually they do know what they are talking about. This did happen to one of our cars. While doing an engine check I noticed that the oil level was over the full mark. My first reaction was to blame the dealership where the oil was last changed. We brought it in to get some oil taken out. They checked it out and found gas in the oil. They asked if we had been idling it a lot at startup, which turned out to be the case. My daughter had been letting the car idle 5 - 15 minutes to get the ice off the windows rather than scraping them.

No, that's a leaky injector, not an idling problem.
You could park your car right now idling with a full tank of gas, come back when it's empty and you won't have "made" any discernible amount of oil......if it's running properly.
If what you said were true in general, there would be a million cars by March with washed out cylinders hydrolocked in their driveways north of the mason dixon line.