i've always thought that it was a good thing to do to reduce wear, and since over 2 years i've had remote start and always start my car 4-5 min before to warm it up, but a couple of days ago i was reading through my friends Audi manual and it said not to warm up the car for it takes longer to warm up at idle and results in over-wear and also pollutes more when doing it. does this apply to us?

 

you motor is going to die tomorrow. Shame on you!

 

so are you supposed to start it and rive away?

i dont think so, warming the car up is good

 

Ya I read the same thing in my Thermo book. Said you should drive the car right away but do not accelerate too quickly. It is better for the engine to warm up that way.

It also said your car should not idle for a long period of time (couple of minutes). It wastes more gas that restarting the engine. It is also better for the environment if you just turn it off and back on later.

 

It may... but I would rather 'wear' a little bit at startup than the 'wear' that comes with driving off using a cold motor.

It may... but I don't worry about the pollution at start up as much as I do after the engine is warm.

Will

 

- start car
- adjust seat
- put on seat belt
- drive away slowly; keeping rpms below 3K until the wata temp needle starts to move

 

I try to let the car warm up....but not always (try to for a little bit), but I think you should always let the car idle after you have driven the car hard or driven it long way..Let the oil cool down. I don't think it hurts!

 

always warm up my car...

 

Same here.
But now the cold idle on the CRX is about 2250 rpm, and I just can't sit there and let it run that fast and waste gas w/o getting someting out of it in return (motive force).

 

 

shouldn't have too if you live in fl

 

I've also heard that letting the car idle to warm up is not good. One arguement was that the engine might be getting warm, but the tranny fluid is still cold, so you have a false "reading" so to speak.

I pull away fairly quickly, but take it easy.

 

Sheeeeit my car never gets cold, its still on fire from the last time I drove it

No really If my car is ice cold (rare) then what i do it warm it up for 3-4 min and then keep it under 4k till the needle hits the average temp spot.

 

Never strictly but when i can i try to warm her up before driving, i don't go out of my way to do it though.

I only do it because, well, the longer it takes for it to be warmed up, the longer i have to wait to start listening to some vtec!

 

Exactly.

Letting it idle to warm up takes longer, and is much worse for the engine.

It is safer, better for your engine, and more practical to do what Yoshi said .......

 

True, but its much harder on the engine to always be restarting it.
And these hippies dont always look more than 2 feet in front of them. Sure letting your car idle burns more gas which hurts the environment, but how much does a worn out engine burning oil help the enviornment.

 

R - got warmed up
Pig - gets warmed up

 

QUOTE]- start car
- adjust seat
- put on seat belt
- drive away slowly; keeping rpms below 3K until the wata temp needle starts to move[/QUOTE]

agree

i think that's suggested by most of the owner's manual and all of the articles i've read on the web. [

 

always warm up the car, 5-15 minutes, no matter how long it takes. I still manage to get 22 mpg while driving agressive and enough high revs, and about 25 mpg with not no so many revs, and 34 mpg when no warm ups, mild revs/highway driving. at 176whp.

if i don't have time to warm up, i try to warm it up for 1-3 minutes, then keep revs very low until it warms up.

commercial trucks get hundredsthousands of miles, and some have engine heaters or whatever the name, i think thats one main reason for such high milage.

 

If you have an itch to warm your car up first, let it warm up for 1 min. Then just drive off slowly.

 

During winter I warm up my car for 5 minutes (average), then shift at 2,000 until the motor is 100% warm. Go through the gears a few more times at 3,000, then I'm free.

 

They have block heaters. Keeps diesel fuel from gelling (which it will do at not much below freezing). Also keeps oil warm and happy, which is always a good thing. My dad's '85 M-B 300SD had a plug just behind the front air dam, tucked away behind a panel for just such a reason. My '77 300D did not have a block heater - had to park it very close to the house in the winter or else I wasn't getting to school on time

 

didn't know m-b had that, but always wondered why some get such high milage.. block heaters has got to be the main reason.

 

Ya drive it to warm up, but keep your rpm's low.

 

if i dont warm it up first then yeah i keep the revs down till it does, but with the remote start its convinient to just push the button 5 min before leaving the house, i was doing it though cause i thought it was good for the car, then i read that manual. I'm still not sure if it is or not, i know the car should be warmed up, i guess the question is if its bad to warm the car by letting it idle?