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?
Lead Lap
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 443
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From: NY
i wait for the rpms to drop then i take off, though lately ive been starting my car and getting the snow off, then driving off so ive given it about 10 mins of wait time per dust off.. our cars dont warm up unless you drive them so i just take it easy till it warms up fully.
Pit Crew
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 110
Likes: 12
From: Florida
I've always wondered if anybody else did this - I only sit and wait til my idle drops before I put it in drive and go. Only if it's cold outside(which is hardly ever here in Orlando) it takes a bit longer before it drops.
This has been discussed a number of times... not only is letting it sit there idling to "warm it up" not a good idea, it's an actively bad one. Idling is among the worst things you can do to a car engine.
Barring sub-zero temps, if you want to warm the car up, drive it.
Start car, put on seatbelt, drive. Keep it under 3k rpms or so for the first 5-10 minutes.
Letting it sit there is simply bad for the engine and benefits the car not at all. There's a reason that 'excessive idling' is one of the conditions for putting the car under a severe-duty maintenance schedule.
Barring sub-zero temps, if you want to warm the car up, drive it.
Start car, put on seatbelt, drive. Keep it under 3k rpms or so for the first 5-10 minutes.
Letting it sit there is simply bad for the engine and benefits the car not at all. There's a reason that 'excessive idling' is one of the conditions for putting the car under a severe-duty maintenance schedule.
we have discussed this alrdy.
I live in California...and we call anything below 50 degrees "cold". I have friends who just start up their car and sit around for a few minutes to warm it up, but I don't see the point. Maybe it's needed in colder regions of the world, but in California, seriously?
i wait a couple minutes in mine.
One things I'll share with you guys is do not bag on in until the engine has completely warmed up. The Yamaha engines are notorious for developing knocks when driven hard when they're not fully warmed up. I had a personal experience with this. Which is what forced me to get a new car.
One things I'll share with you guys is do not bag on in until the engine has completely warmed up. The Yamaha engines are notorious for developing knocks when driven hard when they're not fully warmed up. I had a personal experience with this. Which is what forced me to get a new car.
