Warm Up?

[DaJo]

I wait until the high-rev lowers back to normal idle (just below 1000 RPM) before I start driving off.
I drive it slowly until it is fully warmed up; this prevents pre-mature wear and tear as the oil needs to warm up to properly lubricate the engine.

[DanoFA20]

Originally Posted by DaJoian

I wait until the high-rev lowers back to normal idle (just below 1000 RPM) before I start driving off.
I drive it slowly until it is fully warmed up; this prevents pre-mature wear and tear as the oil needs to warm up to properly lubricate the engine.

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[DaJo]

Originally Posted by DanoFA20

we think a like sir.

Nothing but only the best for our cars!...

Cheers! :happy0180:

[Bristecom]

I also wait for the coolant temp to start raising. This tip was actually in one of my car manuals (wait for coolant gauge to move, then gently drive until coolant temp guage is set in the middle).

[gmookher]

I wait till it reads into the warm range on coolant guage

[BanzaiZee]

There are some more useful tips in this thread as well:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...highlight=warm

: )

[wootwoot]

I wait until the idle drops below 1k rpm. 2 min on average I would say. Maybe longer.

[Celica00]

i tend to sleep longer than a should then i am rushing to work so i give it 30 seconds usually

[gt865]

Thanks for the replies guys! glad I'm not the only one who does this lol

[SportInjected]

I'll let it idle for a few minutes here and there, unless I'm in a hurry. Warm ups arent really necessary on newer cars.

[BuBlake]

I'm the same as SportInjected I think; the car gets a break here and there, as if it needs it, but I usually just start the car and go. Then again, my car is stored in a garage and the temperature in there is almost never below 70F. And after waiting for my garage door to come up, backing out, and then pulling out of my driveway, i'm not pulling out onto a highway, i'm pulling out into a neighborhood for about 2 minutes of 30mph driving, <4000rpm...

This engine uses 0w-20 from the factory... Doesn't that mean the oil circulates better than a 10w-30 or so at the same temperature?

[DaJo]

Originally Posted by BuBlake

I'm the same as SportInjected I think; the car gets a break here and there, as if it needs it, but I usually just start the car and go. Then again, my car is stored in a garage and the temperature in there is almost never below 70F. And after waiting for my garage door to come up, backing out, and then pulling out of my driveway, i'm not pulling out onto a highway, i'm pulling out into a neighborhood for about 2 minutes of 30mph driving, <4000rpm...

This engine uses 0w-20 from the factory... Doesn't that mean the oil circulates better than a 10w-30 or so at the same temperature?

Yes and no... Our engine oil is very thin compared to many other vehicles but that isn't the main reason why we should idle a little before we take off.

When we wait for the engine to warm up, we wait for all of it's engine component to expand to full from heat expansion, as well as the oil to warm up.

Chances are that your pistons will be knocking against your cylinders in colder revs with all that free-play...
Even worse when rev'ed high creating pre-mature wear and tear when not warmed up to operational temperature.

[Tanuki]

There is a seinfeld about this.

[Demandred7]

This car gets a better treatment than my trade in 09 Corolla - Turn it on and go. I always wait for the initial idle to drop to 1k and then drive off. 2 mins of subdivision driving at 40-50 kph and then up to 80-90 kph. Leaving the subdivision sometimes (read often) requires a little stab of the throttle. For the sake of a minute or two, seems like the right thing to do considering the stab fairly early on.