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I park in a garage so i put it in D a few secs after turning on and let it just go (just idle'ing) till the light about 1500 feet away. my road is pretty much empty at all times.
about 1-2 mins
about 1-2 mins
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Rep Power: 400 ^^yes. lol. read your owner's manual. if you start up after the car has sat for a while, you'll notice the idle is fast. the car also runs rich at this point, and dumps extra fuel into the mixture so it goes into the cat and heats it up quicker.
i dont understand how people just get in their car after it sat for 8 hours, and drive it off 2 seconds after starting it.
would you wake up from a deep sleep, hop out of bed, and run a long distance race 2 seconds after your feet hit the floor?
i dont understand how people just get in their car after it sat for 8 hours, and drive it off 2 seconds after starting it.
would you wake up from a deep sleep, hop out of bed, and run a long distance race 2 seconds after your feet hit the floor?
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Rep Power: 812 but the instructions say you can take off right away and maybe wait for 1 minute in cold weather. In the summer, I'll give it 20 secs maybe while I get everything settled. In winter, more like a minute. You're wasting gas sitting there. If it warms up faster while driving, you'll use less gas overall.
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Rep Power: 0 I usually wait around 10 sec, the time it takes to put on the seatbelt and choose a good radio station. I think the important thing is avoiding putting a big load on the engine, so just drive real smoothly till the engine fully warms up and you should be good to go.
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Rep Power: 0 ok noob question. everytime i drove a stick, i never let it warm up (uncles old truck). so how do you warm up a manual? when you start it don't you have to put your feet into the clutch and brake and neutral at the same time right? so warming up yall keep that same set up till it warms up, or yall let go of your feet and just make sure it's on neutral? just like an automatic i suppose?
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Rep Power: 0 if you want to warm up a manual car: press clutch - ignition - release clutch (make sure shifter is in neutral) - let car run. Brake is does not have anything to do with starting the engine.
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Originally Posted by S2000man01
^^yes. lol. read your owner's manual. if you start up after the car has sat for a while, you'll notice the idle is fast. the car also runs rich at this point, and dumps extra fuel into the mixture so it goes into the cat and heats it up quicker.
i dont understand how people just get in their car after it sat for 8 hours, and drive it off 2 seconds after starting it.
would you wake up from a deep sleep, hop out of bed, and run a long distance race 2 seconds after your feet hit the floor?
i dont understand how people just get in their car after it sat for 8 hours, and drive it off 2 seconds after starting it.
would you wake up from a deep sleep, hop out of bed, and run a long distance race 2 seconds after your feet hit the floor?
But my truck and car are leased And under warrenty the entire time I have them. On the cars I own, I go at least 30 second on a summer day and about a minute when it's below freezing, sometimes 5-10 minutes if it iced up, turn the car, and let it defrost it's self.
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Rep Power: 400 even on a summer day, it should be warmed up probably at least 30 seconds. while it may be 90-100 degrees outside, keep in mind, your car's normal operating temp is closer to 200 degrees!
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Rep Power: 400 the advantages are:
A. you won't be running rich.
B. your fluids will be at an appropriate temp to properly protect the engine.
A. you won't be running rich.
B. your fluids will be at an appropriate temp to properly protect the engine.
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Rep Power: 336 cold start: wait 2 minutes after start. pull out, keep under 3k till the little needle goes to the almost half way mark. gradually go to 3k and up
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Originally Posted by Robb989
So I guess the temp guage really does have a purpose, whenever I look at mine it's in the same damn spot.
thats a good thing that it stays in the same spot. it means the radiator and oil are foin there jobs. anyways, when i start it up after a couple of hours of no driving, i see if the needle is up or not. and i check the rpms. if its been 4 or more hours the block is cold and i wait my 2 minutes. if its 2 or 3 the rpms are usually at 1k or lower and i wait half a minute and go. when i cold start my rpms are steady at 1200. when the oil warms it drops to 1k and when it gets hot it drops to 700 at idle. 
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Rep Power: 370 Leaving it idle to long creates carbon build up. Let it idle for about a minute or two... drive slow till it warms up.
Don't forget that while your car is sitting idle and your engine is warming up, you're transmission isn't. The tranny will stay cold till it's driven.
Don't forget that while your car is sitting idle and your engine is warming up, you're transmission isn't. The tranny will stay cold till it's driven.
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Rep Power: 336 on that note, i shift through my gears when i am waiting for my car to warm. ^^^. i don't know if it helps but i feel a difference, its smoother even though its cold when i shift it around a little with the clutch in(obviously)
