Do you let you car warm up in the morning?

[Blaze]

A friend of mine bought a 1999 Trans Am 6-spd, he drove it home from the dealership and parked it in his sloped driveway. About 15 minutes later he came out and the car was gone. He was about to report it stolen until he saw the hole in his neighbors fence. The car rolled down the driveway, across the street, through the front of his neighbors fence, through the BACk of his neighbors fence, and then down an embankment and ended up on its side in a creek. Totalled, and he literally owned it less than an hour.

Got some nice parts off of it for my 98 TA though.....

 

[Ridgerunner]

my car warms up when I drive it

 

[mbalbritton]

If there's Ice on the window, Typically yes but not always. But only when I have to take the kiddies to school and that involves the fuel injected vehicle.

If driving my truck, Only if I'm sitting in the truck babying the throttle to keep the carb'd engine from choking its self out. :headshake:

 

[Rich]

I let it run for about 15 seconds.. just to let some fluid flow through the trans. But I don't just hammer down.. it gets at least a mile of gentle driving before I get to any hills, and even then, no more than 1/2 throttle until it's up to temp.

It's not for the engine, it's the trans, t-case, and differential fluids.

 

[BIGWOODY]

I re-load the wood stove and on my way out to get more wood start both mine and the wifes cars. They usually run for 15-20 minutes.

 

[rolling_down_the_hill]

no. but i do spend about 10 min every morning trying to crank my work truck. has issues and the company doesnt want to fix it till it dies.

 

[rattlecanpaint]

I try to warm up mine for 10 minutes. It's 2.5 miles to work so if I just get in it and go, there's not enough heat in the engine by the time I get to work to boil off the water vapor in it. Ever seen the yellow stuff on top of the oil cap when you just warm it up a little?

Plus, I like a warmer vehicle when I get in.

 

[Macdaddy4738]

occasionally I do, but not very often. Usually I am running super late as it is.

I guess I probably should start and let it warm up a bit when the temperature gauge in it says this....(this was in Boone, like 2 days ago)

 

[frankenyoter]

My dd is a 79 yota pickup with a camed 20R, webber, and headers with a flowmaster. When it is cold the cam sounds cool; brrt-brrt-brrt-brrt-brrt. At 6 am its kinda loud so I like the let the neighbors listen to it while I pet the dog, stoke up the woodstove, and have a cup of coffee. I have to place cardboard over the radiator when it is really cold or I'll never get heat on interstate and my get frostbite by the time I get to work (30min).

Hell yes on the warm up time, about 15 minutes until the engine warms up and the cam gets harder to hear. More like a brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt!

 

[willness33]

I'll do about a 10 minute warmup so the car is nice and toasty when I take my little girl to school. If I don't, I have to listen to the whining from the back seat. If it's just me, I start it and go. Then again, if it's just me I'm not up early enough to deal with ice/frost issues.

 

[BrianGreen]

I let my truck warm up for a couple minutes. I crank mine and my wifes at the same time, then I go back in and grab my stuff for the day. Wife's car idles for about 10 minutes.

 

[6BangBronk]

I had the advantage of watching a master mechanic - good friend about once a week for a couple of years. He introduced me to the reasoning of why someone needs to warm an engine. If you take a look at a seasoned engine block, you can actually see and feel the differences in the wear of the cylinders at the top of the piston ring stroke, the cylinders furtherest away from the water inlet into the head (unique for every motor) will be worn a tremendous amount more and usually the determining factor to how much the rest of the cylinders needed honed / bored for a rebuild. He showed me on a big block FE ford where the front cylinders got the quench last were worn .030 more than the rear and same for a 300 I-6.
I myself am like half I found out that don't take the time. I'm the ultimate procrastinator but... I drive an old cheap truck that engines are dime a dozen and I have backups waiting. 10-15 minutes out of my procrastinated life along with the little bit of gas more adds up to more than it is worth for me considering how little much extra it is to have a couple cylinders on an old motor sleeved during a rebuild.
If I had anything closer to $15,000 or more invested in a new vehicle, damn straight I would warm it up!

 

[johnnymac]

In the winter I like to start the 'tent' and let it warm up for atleast one cup of coffee. Unfortunately the soft top JK as uncomfortable in the summer, i let the ac run for a few minutes as well.

 

[kinlawk]

I let the truck warm up for about 5 mins. any time of the year and 10 to 15 in the winter.

 

[Your Hot Dog Guy!]

I let the truck warm up for about 5 mins. any time of the year and 10 to 15 in the winter.

What he said, I drive a white Surburban Igloo! If I crank it in cold weather and turn on BOTH heaters before it warms up, its 15 or 20 miles to get warm! It also has the factory oil cooler on the engine as well!

 

[y2kcrawler]

..........
Used to let my Subaru warm up for 5 minutes just because I didn't want to piss off the Turbo.

I hope you let it warm up all the time or youre gonna have problems with the turbo!

 

[Macdaddy4738]

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