Poll: do you let your car idle before driving it
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Poll: do you let your car idle before driving it
hey everyone! just wondering what other people do, before they drive. I have been trying to idle my engine running one minute before driving, but mine is just past break-in and ive been trying to baby it anyways... just curious! thanks!
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No, it's a bad idea.
http://www.acura-tl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1386
http://www.bmw-forums.com/forum/inde...howtopic=10700
http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2002/0128/...up012802.shtml
http://www.nwjep.org/campaigns/idlingfacts.shtml
http://www.climatechangeconnection.o...sa_idling.html
http://www.hcdoes.org/airquality/vehicles/IdleKnow.htm
http://www.mileone.com/corp/info/res...faqs/myths.htm
http://www.healthrecipes.com/save_gas.htm
http://www.hcdoes.org/airquality/vehicles/idle.htm
and on and on. If I let my car idle for 30 seconds and then go, it is warmer 30 seconds after that than if I let my car sit and idle for a minute and a half.
As long as you aren't flooring it or revving it up until the coolant gets some heat in it, you will be fine. Letting it idle to warm up is killing your engine. As for the turbo, stay out of boost and you won't have to worry about whether the oil is hot or cold. DON'T IDLE!!
http://www.acura-tl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1386
http://www.bmw-forums.com/forum/inde...howtopic=10700
http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2002/0128/...up012802.shtml
http://www.nwjep.org/campaigns/idlingfacts.shtml
http://www.climatechangeconnection.o...sa_idling.html
http://www.hcdoes.org/airquality/vehicles/IdleKnow.htm
http://www.mileone.com/corp/info/res...faqs/myths.htm
http://www.healthrecipes.com/save_gas.htm
http://www.hcdoes.org/airquality/vehicles/idle.htm
and on and on. If I let my car idle for 30 seconds and then go, it is warmer 30 seconds after that than if I let my car sit and idle for a minute and a half.
As long as you aren't flooring it or revving it up until the coolant gets some heat in it, you will be fine. Letting it idle to warm up is killing your engine. As for the turbo, stay out of boost and you won't have to worry about whether the oil is hot or cold. DON'T IDLE!!
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It is more important to idle the car after running hard than at startup. It is not a good idea to push hard in any car when it is cold, especially a turbo.
I always wait until my oil pressure has dropped from 6 bar at idle to 5 bar (This usually happens just as the temp meter passes the C) and never push until things are completly warm.
I always wait until my oil pressure has dropped from 6 bar at idle to 5 bar (This usually happens just as the temp meter passes the C) and never push until things are completly warm.
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Very intersting! I didn't know.
So, I start my car let idle for 30sec maximum and drive very slow untill the temp gauge reachs its normal condition position, then I'm able to rev to the redline.
Is it correct?
So, I start my car let idle for 30sec maximum and drive very slow untill the temp gauge reachs its normal condition position, then I'm able to rev to the redline.
Is it correct?
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Originally Posted by k270kmh
Very intersting! I didn't know.
So, I start my car let idle for 30sec maximum and drive very slow untill the temp gauge reachs its normal condition position, then I'm able to rev to the redline.
Is it correct?
So, I start my car let idle for 30sec maximum and drive very slow untill the temp gauge reachs its normal condition position, then I'm able to rev to the redline.
Is it correct?
Then I push
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Well, I don’t really care what people says, they have their believes and I have mine. I always let the car idle for a period of time before driving of. The length of that period is depending of the ambient temperature but I do keep it pretty short and then just don’t push the car until it has reached proper working temperature. Have one thing in mind though, just because your temp gauge shows normal it doesn’t mean that your oil has reached that same temperature. It takes A LOT longer for the oil to heat up, anybody with an oil temp gauge that can verify this for me and give some figures?
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Originally Posted by EVOVII_SWE
Well, I don’t really care what people says, they have their believes and I have mine. I always let the car idle for a period of time before driving of. The length of that period is depending of the ambient temperature but I do keep it pretty short and then just don’t push the car until it has reached proper working temperature. Have one thing in mind though, just because your temp gauge shows normal it doesn’t mean that your oil has reached that same temperature. It takes A LOT longer for the oil to heat up, anybody with an oil temp gauge that can verify this for me and give some figures?
I let the car idle until the stock temp guage starts to move (verified to be 130 F with AEM EMS data logging) and then drive it gently until my oil temp gauge starts to come up (50 C on guage, 122 F) before I really hammer on it.
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I usually let my car warm up for about 5min. or so when it is cold. I have remote start to so when I come out of a store it is warming up as I walk to it. Kind of nice.
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Originally Posted by MAVERICKVIII
I usually let my car warm up for about 5min. or so when it is cold. I have remote start to so when I come out of a store it is warming up as I walk to it. Kind of nice.
Keith