GidyupGo

That's a ridiculous wait. Mine goes off in less than 20 seconds. Yours reminds me of our needed turbo cool down cycle on our Jeep.

mpatilla

I've noticed that it takes a lot longer for the engine to get up to operating temperature in these cars. My 66 doesn't have a gauge, so I'm not sure how long it takes. I have a small pickup with a 4 banger and it seems it warms up pretty quickly. Is it just a matter of engine size?

GidyupGo

It does seem to take longer than our Buick or our Jeep Liberty diesel, but it has a seperater heater for faster warm ups.

Leoleo

A V8 has more medal in it then a 4 cycl. More Medal, longer time to heat up. Also longer time to cool down.

High School Physics FTW!

Riptide

I've read that it can take 20 minutes for the oil in the engine to get up to temperature and that you shouldn't rod the car much until then. Yes TWENTY minutes. It's not enough for full protection to just have the oil circulating. It needs to get up to temp. Then again there is SO much conflicting information on this.

Better safe than sorry IMO. I let it get off fast idle (about one minute) and then I drive on it. But I don't step on it until the car is fully warmed up.

07BLACKGT

Yikes, I start it up and go. [&:]

...don't like carbon monoxide in my garage.

FyouGitive

There's a reason for that dash in your oil descriptor: 5-20 means the oil acts like 5 weight when it's cold, 20 when it's hot. You turn on the engine and that 5W gets around pretty fast, even in cold weather. As soon as it is holding pressure in the cam, crank, and rod bearings, you're good to go. In my case, I've decided that's about as long as it takes the garage door to close after I back out. Total of maybe 15 (fifteen) seconds. If I take time to put on my sunglasses and hat, the thing comes off start-up idle before I move. Most of the time, as soon as the garage door is closed I choose a gear and let the car idle me around the U-shaped street we live on, about 0.15 miles to the corner stop-sign. From then until the engine temperature shows near normal, it's easy-on-the-throttle. That usually takes place by the time I reach the nearest freeway entrance, so I'm good to merge at any necessary speed.

I learned a long time ago that extended warmups are likely to lead to contamination of the sump oil: at low combustion temperatures after startup, relatively cold cylinder walls result in condensation of fuel vapors, which run down cylinder walls and into the crankcase. Quicker warmups (mild driving) are better than standstill warmups. They smell better, too.

Dragon Stang

My routine...
1 Open garage door, get in car, buckle up.
2 Place key in ignition and turn on, wait for lights and alarms to cycle off.
3 Start engine, plug in Escort 8500 X50
4 Slowly back out of garage.
5 While on driveway, hit remote for garage door and observe until fully closed. (Elapsed time, about a minute)
6 Back out of driveway and slowly proceed to the community exit, note 15 mph speed limit. Drive anyone behind me in a hurry crazy. LOL
7 Gently pull onto main throughfair and gently drive towards Interstate. By this time (5 min.) the vehicle is warm enough for highway speeds.

The end

Grabber

My suggestion would be to go buy the tachometer indicating your operating temps. Never get on it until the car is at full operating temp.

In winter about 10 minutes would be good before you started driving. In summer, once it drops to about 1K, you are good to go.

SikO7GT

So i guess i was right!! Wait until the rpm's drop below 1k..... i seen people turn the car on and off to the races they go accelerating fast!! I think to myself that cant be too good for the engine since the oil hasnt reached it's full operating temperature!! So i take it easy till the car warms up then i slowly start accelerating it and then BOOM tire smoke!! haha jk