Warming up the car

[Dawgz]

OK so how long are u suppose to warm up the car before u drive off? i usually let it run for 5-7 minutes, but i read online in some artical that only 30 seconds is good enough.


How long do you guys let the car warm up?

[Jai_Jai_Binks]

You will never get one common answer to this question! Depending on people's tastes and styles you will get different answers.

warm up for 5-7 minutes is too long!

ME: i usually, start the car, then go and get the newspaper from the driveway (either take out the trash/recycling), get in the car, remove my wallet and place it aside in the car, tune my radio and drive off (its like a minute or two max). The temp is close to that bottom bar of "C" by then.

Regardless of what you hear from me and others - its critical to keep your rpm's down till you reach optimal temps'

[NeFaRiOuS_SLE]

Personally I let it run for about 15 seconds and take it easy until it's warmed up... That way the other components of the car gets warmed up as well; no point in letting it run for 2 minutes if your steering system and whatnot are still room temp. cold IMHO.

[camry_101]

i let it run till the the arrows in the middle 5 mins i got remote start so i start while im still inside lol

[bronzemaxell]

i normally warm up my solara for 1 or 2 seconds, then drive.
i was told by someone who have driven vehicle 30 or 40 years, he said unless it is in a real cold weather like winter in maine, it is not necessory to warm up the vehicle.

[DaTwUnKrAziEpInOy]

I usually warm up my car for about 2-3 minutes or atleast one track on a cd.

[MCOjerry]

I don't warm up my car at all. I turn it on, put the seatbelt on and go.

[Sentinel]

as long as you drive easy untill the car is getting warm, you don;t need a warmup

[ThatVietGuy]

Most modern cars don't really need to warm up. It's why the auto's don't shift out of 2nd until the meter is above the C

[Yanks0114]

agreed that it isn't necessary to warm up the car if you are easy on the throttle.

ThatVietGuy - the car actually stays in a lower gear to keep the RPMs up in order to warm up the emissions equipment (cat converter).

[CosmicGrooves]

I warm up for at least 30 seconds. In cold weather, a bit longer depending on how cold.

[blaK]

Good question, I wondered about this also. I'm in FL. so there isn't much warming up to do.

[DatSRBoi]

Depends on weather as simple as it is. Warm days 30 seconds. Cold days 1 minute. On freezing days 1 minute and 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Should never need to go over that unless your running pure water in your radiator.

[woa_its_j3ff]

Winter: i warm up until that temp gauge is in the center which can take at least 10 minutes.
Summer: i dont even "warm up"
Fall: about 10 secs.. after I turn on the iPod in the car
Spring: same as summer, don't warm up at all..

[Sebas007]

Winter warm-up should be 1 minutes max...to get the oil get a normal temp. Even so, the time to "unsnow" the car...it takes me at least 1-2 minutes.

Summer I do a 30 second warm-up

the purpose here is to give time to fluid to make their job before going. It doesn't take long....old car with heavy iron engine were slower to warm-up