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06 slow to heat up

The 06 I bought last summer seems to take a really long time to get up to normal temp, according to the gauge on the dash. By long I mean maybe 5+ miles of city driving. That's much longer than my old CRV. So I'm asking if this is normal for this car or maybe I need a new thermostat or ???

Yes its been cold here in Wisconsin lately. My wife runs the heater full blast.
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Re: 06 slow to heat up

At those low temps, and with fan at max it may never reach 9 segments.
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Re: 06 slow to heat up

It has got to be cold in Wisconsin!! It's been really cold where I am.

As far as I know there is no wrong amount of time for an engine to warm up, there are a lot of variables.
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Re: 06 slow to heat up

Sounds normal.

I have a 12. Same basic engine as an 8th gen.
My drive to work is 5.6 miles, 2 miles of stop and go and the rest is like one mile bursts of 40-50 MPH.
In the winter, mine does not reach operating temp in that short drive.
It's +8*F here right now.



My Buick with the 3.8L produced noticeable heat from the heater much quicker than this Civic...... But it burned a lot more gas to do it.
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Re: 06 slow to heat up

^^You have R18A in 9th gen, correct ??
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Re: 06 slow to heat up

Thanks. Just wanted to know what is normal for this car.
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Re: 06 slow to heat up

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^^You have R18A in 9th gen, correct ??
R18Z1

Had to go look because I don't bother to remember this sort of stuff.
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Re: 06 slow to heat up

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R18Z1
In 4 years of owning have been impressed by the power (not a tuner btw, bone stock) But also thought my D17 was fine as well.

But, very glad to get away from timing belt.
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