Warm up time
 

Sorry if this comes off as a noob question, but has a car finished warming up when the tacho floats around 1500?

When oil temps get to about 100C/212F

I believe you can start your car and go, engine only needs a few seconds and then put it in gear and your fine. Warming the car up is of no benefit except perhaps defrosting windows. I live in cold ass weather never had a problem with just going right away. However I'm not a mechanic so go easy on me if I'm wrong.

Also no questions are noob/dumb they are just honest

You don't need to warm up to drive but don't go running through the gears until you have been driving for a few miles and/or minutes at least.

I prefer to waste gas, or at least that's what others tell me. I wait until my tach gets to 1k RPM, which is only a few minutes if it's not too cold. Mine hangs around 1.5k while warming up.

Personally I wait about a minute if it's the first time it's been on for the day (or as being able to see out of the windows dictate). The real key is to let everything get up to temperature (hint, this includes a lot more than just the engine) before you beat on it. Basically drive easy for a few miles.

You don't go to the gym and try and max out on your first set? You warm up first.

There is no need to set and let your car idle. All you have to do is start your car and gently drive away.

More like 500. When you turn on the choke should keep it up around 1500-2000. After a few mins depending on temp outside it'll release the chock and idle around 500. Then your good to go. And I know with mine that warming her up makes her a much nicer drive.


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i let it idle till the exhaust quiets down. i have my muffler deleted so the drop is huge when it hits.

Idle 500 RPM? Wow! Never saw it there yet :) I thought that 700 is the min idle RPM. I can say that at -15 Celsius outside it takes 3-4 minutes to bring it down to 1500 from initial 2000 or so.

These days, there is no need to let a car warm up, however, old people, and those who like to ever err on the side of caution will continue to do so, reguardless. I'm old and stubborn, so I always warm up any vehicle to its normal operating temperature before driving.

Shortly after being stated the car will be @ 1500, a minute or two later the temp needle will hit the first line on the gague and you'll be @ 1K (if I'm in a rush, I'll leave at this point and just take it easy until I'm at operating temp), then a few minutes after that you'll be at operating temp (about 1/3-1/2 on the gauge) and @600 on the odo.

Again, do you need to? Probably not, but there's really nothing wrong with it so long as you're not idling for >10 minutes.

I had an issue with the idle dropping below 500RPM until I started letting it warm up. I let the car idle until it blips on its own and starts to drop. No more idle drop problems.

I noticed driving was a little smoother when I let the car warm up and let the RPM's drop to about 1k before taking off. But this is usually just for the first ignition of the day, or if it's been sitting for a long time.

You can start your car and go almost immediately but don't put any stresses on the car i.e. hard acceleration, braking or turning. Drive slowly and calmly until the car has warmed up, its better this way as all the car parts will warm evenly and not just the engine. You'll know the car is warm when temperature gauges steady out, that's what I do at least.