Alin
Diehard Car Enthusiast!
Ok guys, two questions:
1) What is the proper length of time to warm up your engine?
1) What is the proper length of time to cool down your engine?
Let me tell you how i do it. Then we can go from there. Every time i start my car from a cold start, i let it warm up to operating temperature. (In between the two middle lines. Thats about 220 degrees or so?) takes about 5-10 min every time depending on the temperature outside. In previous winters it took about 15-20 min. I have never turned the car on and driven off immediately. The most extreme case for me has been where i let it warm up past the very first line on the bottom end. (Sorry for lack of terminology and knowledge! :lol: ) when i go to cool down, say after some WOT logs, i drive around for another 5-10 minutes at 40 mph+ then i turn off the car.
Not sure how these engines are exactly when it comes down to those two questions. When i worked at Acura, the cars would get started, left idling for 10 seconds, and driven off. Then again they were automatic and cold start revs were at or under 1k rpm.... Where as my car is at 1.5k rpm for at least 3-4 min after a cold start.
Am i overdoing it by waiting so long? Help me understand! :lol:
1) What is the proper length of time to warm up your engine?
1) What is the proper length of time to cool down your engine?
Let me tell you how i do it. Then we can go from there. Every time i start my car from a cold start, i let it warm up to operating temperature. (In between the two middle lines. Thats about 220 degrees or so?) takes about 5-10 min every time depending on the temperature outside. In previous winters it took about 15-20 min. I have never turned the car on and driven off immediately. The most extreme case for me has been where i let it warm up past the very first line on the bottom end. (Sorry for lack of terminology and knowledge! :lol: ) when i go to cool down, say after some WOT logs, i drive around for another 5-10 minutes at 40 mph+ then i turn off the car.
Not sure how these engines are exactly when it comes down to those two questions. When i worked at Acura, the cars would get started, left idling for 10 seconds, and driven off. Then again they were automatic and cold start revs were at or under 1k rpm.... Where as my car is at 1.5k rpm for at least 3-4 min after a cold start.
Am i overdoing it by waiting so long? Help me understand! :lol: