engine warm up
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engine warm up
this is how my car has always been but its just now that i figured that maybe something may be wrong... when my car is off for the night and i turn it on the next morning... i need to drive about 4 miles before my engine temp gauge is to the middle where as mostly every other type of car ive been in , the engine temp level goes to the middle within a minute.... this is ofcourse only after my car has been off for a long period of time such as a full night.... if i drive around, then turn my car off for 4 hours and the engine gauge is all the way to the bottom, it will move to the middle in a minute... i hope its fine... let me know what u guys think
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RE: engine warm up
ORIGINAL: GT1999
this is how my car has always been but its just now that i figured that maybe something may be wrong... when my car is off for the night and i turn it on the next morning... i need to drive about 4 miles before my engine temp gauge is to the middle where as mostly every other type of car ive been in , the engine temp level goes to the middle within a minute.... this is ofcourse only after my car has been off for a long period of time such as a full night.... if i drive around, then turn my car off for 4 hours and the engine gauge is all the way to the bottom, it will move to the middle in a minute... i hope its fine... let me know what u guys think
this is how my car has always been but its just now that i figured that maybe something may be wrong... when my car is off for the night and i turn it on the next morning... i need to drive about 4 miles before my engine temp gauge is to the middle where as mostly every other type of car ive been in , the engine temp level goes to the middle within a minute.... this is ofcourse only after my car has been off for a long period of time such as a full night.... if i drive around, then turn my car off for 4 hours and the engine gauge is all the way to the bottom, it will move to the middle in a minute... i hope its fine... let me know what u guys think
She warms up quicker after previously being ran because of heat soak, it takes a long time for a block to cool completely.
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RE: engine warm up
ORIGINAL: Dan02GT
Your engine is a victim of heat soak, along with every engine produced. Nothing is wrong with it taking so long to warm up, especially at cooler times, since it is winter and all... Don't drive her hard until she's warm unless you want a new motor.
She warms up quicker after previously being ran because of heat soak, it takes a long time for a block to cool completely.
ORIGINAL: GT1999
this is how my car has always been but its just now that i figured that maybe something may be wrong... when my car is off for the night and i turn it on the next morning... i need to drive about 4 miles before my engine temp gauge is to the middle where as mostly every other type of car ive been in , the engine temp level goes to the middle within a minute.... this is ofcourse only after my car has been off for a long period of time such as a full night.... if i drive around, then turn my car off for 4 hours and the engine gauge is all the way to the bottom, it will move to the middle in a minute... i hope its fine... let me know what u guys think
this is how my car has always been but its just now that i figured that maybe something may be wrong... when my car is off for the night and i turn it on the next morning... i need to drive about 4 miles before my engine temp gauge is to the middle where as mostly every other type of car ive been in , the engine temp level goes to the middle within a minute.... this is ofcourse only after my car has been off for a long period of time such as a full night.... if i drive around, then turn my car off for 4 hours and the engine gauge is all the way to the bottom, it will move to the middle in a minute... i hope its fine... let me know what u guys think
She warms up quicker after previously being ran because of heat soak, it takes a long time for a block to cool completely.
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RE: engine warm up
lol jdan was sayin how he wanted to leave his car at the track and then just run it hella fast on the 1st run, kinda funny... i park my car in the garage and it doesn't snow here, but i try to set for a minute reving it a couple times.
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RE: engine warm up
thanks for the explination dan02... ya i dont drive it hard until the needle is completly to the middle or atleast right near the middle. ive stepped on the gas while the engine was cold a couple of times but that was only because i needed to get out of a weird situation... i try to keep that limited
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