How do you warm up your car in the morning?
Thread Starter
Registered User
iTrader: (23)
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,674
From: South SF
Car Info: 97' Dodge Cummins and an RSTI thingie
How do you warm up your car in the morning?
A lot of people simply turn on the car and let it idle for a while, I read in a manual somewhere that with a turbo equipped vehicle it is better to drive very lightly (under 2500 RPM) until it reaches normal operating temp rather than idle.
Last edited by code3suby; Jan 1, 2010 at 04:15 PM.
Thread Starter
Registered User
iTrader: (23)
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,674
From: South SF
Car Info: 97' Dodge Cummins and an RSTI thingie
I use synthetic, and after 1/2 minute, the oils definitely is where it needs to be. I keep it under 4k until it's fully warm, then I let it rip to redline when I feel like it.
Dino oil in my other cars, I tend to wait at least 1minute. I just pick though radio stations, and then take off, and not drive it hard until the heater works.
Dino oil in my other cars, I tend to wait at least 1minute. I just pick though radio stations, and then take off, and not drive it hard until the heater works.
Registered User
iTrader: (19)
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,765
From: San Jose
Car Info: 2011 2.5i Spark Silver


