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How Long to let the car Warm-up |
Britain Smith |
Nov 2 2005, 01:02 PM
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Nano Member Group: Members Posts: 2,354 Joined: 27-February 03 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 364 |
It is starting to get a bit chilly up here and I was wondering how long I should technically let the car warm-up before driving? I am sure that there is a recommended lenghts of time and an actually lenght of time that people are doing it. So, lets hear it...how long?
-Britain |
Brett W |
Nov 3 2005, 09:22 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,856 Joined: 17-September 03 From: huntsville, al Member No.: 1,169 Region Association: None |
I agree with JP, depending on the temperature I actually used to use duct tape on the grille. This way I could control engine temps for teh drive to work. If I was only driving a few miles each day I would cover more grill to allow the engine temp to come up quickly. If I was doing some sort of road trip I would leave it uncovered and let it warm up normally.
As everyone else has said. When I was running webers I would let it warm up it quit spitting and the idle settled down. That ususally took about 45 seconds to a minute. Then I just drove off leeping it under light load. Ford actually did a study back in the day and found out there was more wear and tear put on the whole drivetrain by letting the car warm up at idle. Since the other parts of the drivetrain didn't warm up at idle it actually increased wear. |
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