Anyone ever start your car in the cold or heat and notice that the boost only maxes at like .7 bars? It's done that a couple times for me, but after a little while it will go back to the normal 1.5-1.7 bars. Is this a problem? Or does the car just need to warm up a bit?

thanks!

 

i always warm up my car when i go to work in the morning just to be safe, i don't think its good to be boosting on a cold engine.

 

Yeah, right on. It's only happened a couple times, so I am wondering if I just forgot to let the car warm up on those days.

 

Wow, you are trying to boost when the engine is cold? Do not do it ever again - do not hit boost until the engine is at full operating temperatures. That is a sure way to blow your engine. It's a good thing the ECU is programmed to suppress the boost so as to protect the engine, else you'd be at the dealership now making a warranty claim.

 

Seriously how do you forget to let a car warm-up some days?? Its not a hard concept, its like brushing your teeth every morning, do you forget to do that too

 

Rad, thanks guys!

 

Running the **** out of a cold engine. Smart very smart

 

Nah, it's only happened like two times to me. I've never beat my engine without giving it a couple minutes of slow driving to warm up. I was just curious why it had done that in the past. Thanks for the information guys!

 

i always wait for the temp needle to move past the lower temp line before moving and wait for stable oil temps before beating.

 

That's a bit too long at idle, hondafan. YOu should warm the car up by driving, no by idling. There's a technical write-up on why that is bad for your engine, but I have trouble finding it. Let the car idle a little until the needle starts to move, but don't wait idle for several minutes. Drive lightly until it warms up fully, then boost.