Thoughts on Warm up Times?

[Dave2013M3]

There is a difference between just driving off after inital start up and letting the car rip to redline. I wouldn't start to push the car until oil is to temp. Inital start up is fine after 30 seconds to just drive off but don't push the car hard.

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[LouG]

Google must be confusing an engine with a crematorium.
Your temp gauges are your friends. I warm the car til it's at 60 - 70C for coolant before driving off from 1st start, and I won't cane it until water and oil temps are up to usual temps.
Then in winter when I get home, I leave the internal garage door open for house heating.

 

[martin]

I store my vehicle in the Winter. From Spring to Fall...

After startup, I wait for the fast idle sequence to end. About 30 seconds. I don't feel there's a benefit to waiting longer. After that, I drive the car "normally". No hard pulls. No high RPMs. "High" defined by something greater than about 4K. No rapid shifts.

What I look for is the Cylinder Head Temperature (CHT). Skye's nominal CHT is 185 F / 85 C.

When the CHT is consistently at 185 F, I do as I like. Less than 10 minutes after start.

By the time the engine has stabilized, there's also heat in the other components of the drivetrain.

Could I start the car, let it idle, until it reaches 185? I could, but I think driving to get to temps is better. As mentioned before, it's not just the engine, but the drivetrain. Further, letting the car sit and idle for long periods, hot spots develop. The airflow while driving relieves that, while spreading the heat to other components, making for a more consistent operating environment.

You mean fall to spring

 

[Junkyard Dog]

When I fail to warm it up, the car will stall if I try to drive, because it kicks off the choke and the fast idle cam.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

LOL, remember those days?

 

[Ewags81]

I had an old 76 Dodge my dad and i hacked up and shortened into a little red express. if you weren't close (to kick it down) on a cold morning that choke and idle cam would end up revving that thing to the moon

 

[Deleted member 63333]

i wait until start up fast idle slows to norm, then go, but easy. by the time I make it to the interstate temps are up and she wants to go and I let her.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

Wow, we have two threads on this going...

 

[LouG]

LOL, remember those days?

Unfortunately, yes.

 

[samson]

I simply wait for the RPMs to kick down after starting before I get moving. Then pretty much romp it if i want

Exactly what I was going to say. This is all I do.

 

[Alex381]

Exactly what I was going to say. This is all I do.

Yep. This is it. Then I wait for oil temp to hit 180 while driving before I let er rip. Not much else to think about here.

 

[steveo1960]

I go easy on it until it warms up. What I do suggest is for the first few minutes, no audio blasting etc. Listen to the car. The motor, body, whatever for unusual sounds, vibrations and so forth. Turn around and head back to the starting point to investigate. It just might save you a very expensive repair or break down.

 

[TMR]

LOL, remember those days?

Ha! And I remembering fiddling with one of these on my '66 F100.

 

[Dave2013M3]

LOL, remember those days?

Right, how did we ever manage without fuel injection!!!

 

[Dave2013M3]

I remember my first my E46 then my E92 M3 the redlines would increase as the temp increased. I think that was so cool. Then again those motors redlined over 8200rpm and 8400rpm.

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