View Poll Results: How long do you warm up you engine
None, start it and go!
305
36.40%
About 20 sec., until rpm drops to 1200.
321
38.31%
About 2 min., until rpm drops to 1000.
176
21.00%
However long it takes to get water temp up. (post what temp)
36
4.30%
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How long do you warm up your engine?
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Joined: Feb 2007
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From: California
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 374
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From: KY
The car works for me.
With my car, I go immediately if I'm ready to go. If it's cold and I have the time, I let the cabin warm up before getting in or while I scrape the ice and snow off the car. I have a 15 minute drive to work. I am more conscious about taking it easy when I first head out, until the temperature gauge goes to the middle and the warm air starts coming through the vents.
I read this entire thread about engine wear, and no one mentioned installing a system to start the oil circulating before the ignition starts the car. The most engine wear occurs when the oil's at the bottom of the engine and it's metal on metal at startup. Once you let that happen, the damage is done. I saw a mechanic on TV years back discussing it when he was demonstrating a pre-oiler.
Because I've only had my cars up to 150K miles and never had an engine that required major work or replacement, I don't worry about pre-oilers, warm-ups or the like. However, I never tear it up. Admittedly my cars have never had alot of HP: the IS250's 204HP is a big improvement over the 2 cars I've had over the last 20 years, '88 Civic (98HP) and '92 Sentra (110HP).
When my IS special order arrives, I'll treat it the same as the other cars I have driven, except I'll have to back off the gas pedal (partway
) due to the improved power, and I'll wash it according to some of the fanatical techniques learned at the Lexus boards.
I'm looking forward to Lexus putting out a remote start so I can warm it up in the winter in the morning before I leave the house and in the evening before I leave the office. I called Sewell yesterday, and they said it should be back as an option in 2008, maybe even before the next model year comes out.
I read this entire thread about engine wear, and no one mentioned installing a system to start the oil circulating before the ignition starts the car. The most engine wear occurs when the oil's at the bottom of the engine and it's metal on metal at startup. Once you let that happen, the damage is done. I saw a mechanic on TV years back discussing it when he was demonstrating a pre-oiler.
Because I've only had my cars up to 150K miles and never had an engine that required major work or replacement, I don't worry about pre-oilers, warm-ups or the like. However, I never tear it up. Admittedly my cars have never had alot of HP: the IS250's 204HP is a big improvement over the 2 cars I've had over the last 20 years, '88 Civic (98HP) and '92 Sentra (110HP).
When my IS special order arrives, I'll treat it the same as the other cars I have driven, except I'll have to back off the gas pedal (partway
) due to the improved power, and I'll wash it according to some of the fanatical techniques learned at the Lexus boards.I'm looking forward to Lexus putting out a remote start so I can warm it up in the winter in the morning before I leave the house and in the evening before I leave the office. I called Sewell yesterday, and they said it should be back as an option in 2008, maybe even before the next model year comes out.