Don't warmup up your car-R&T

Says the man from Florida.... who doesn't have to plunk his behind down on a 0 degree leather seat!

Seriously my car warms up in only slightly longer time idling, than when "driven lightly" as recommended.

I routinely drive my vehicles to 200K miles with almost zero problems. So idling for 10 minutes or so to warm up can't really be that terrible.

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 try not not idle any of the motors I have.

Marty

coolmom42 wrote:
Says the man from Florida.... who doesn't have to plunk his behind down on a 0 degree leather seat!

Heh, that's true

On cold winter mornings, some folks will fire up their cars and leave them running for 10, 20, maybe even 30 minutes, thinking they're reducing wear and tear by letting their cars warm up gently.

well that might be some people but the majority don't want to sit in a cold car before driving to their destination; hence the idle time.

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

What's best for your car and what's best for your cold butt, ain't the same. That's why they invented heated seats and steering wheels.

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

So true. Put the person some where it's -27 and let's see if they warm up there vehicle. LOL

agesilaus wrote:
R&T

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

I would think so. Maybe not fuel dilution so much but they take ages to warm up if not under load, which means a bunch more unburned **** going into the DPF on newer machines and if you don't get it hot, more regens.

If you wish to warm the engine use an electric block heater. They generally take about 3 hours to reach steady state with the ambient, so get a timer, too!

Lots of people around here don't warm up their vehicles. They jump in a drive. You can spot them easily as they are driving 40km/h on the highway and cant see sh!t out their window but hey its some much better then idling or warming up their vehicle.