Not warming your car up when its cold causes your oil to sludge and premature wear on engine internals. I don't really understand what that guy was saying about mechanical problems when the engine is warm and the tranny isn't. It's not like you are going to go racing right after you start your car or something. But yes, warm it up, I usually wait until my RPMs go down to normal, since that is about the same time my thermostat opens up.

 

Thank you. That whole thing about not warming your car up is a myth. You need to warm it up like "eehjay" said. You gotta get that oil running and heated up so it lubricates all your internals. if not, you can actually cause wear and tear internally and eventually bend or crack something...

You don't have to wait for the car to idle or nothing like that either. Just look at the temperature on the thermostat reading in your cluster. Once you see it start to rise and maybe touch the C or the line above it? You're good to go.!

 

I use my TT I start it and set it for 5 minutes and go back inside in the cold

 

On most engines its best to start the car and wait to the revs to flatten out before taking off.. Up here in maine I usually let it warm up around 5 mins..

 

Around 5 mins is the best in order for the oil to warm up slightly.

One of the reasons you don't want to let your car idle for long periods of time to warmup is b/c the engine will be much hotter then the tranny and can, over time, cause seals to leak b/c one part of the drivetrain is hot and the other is cold.

The temp gauge on your dash is for water temp, so even at the mid-way point it doesn't mean your oil temp is fully warmed up. Oil heats up and cools down much slower then water.

 

yeah. Ive also heard that you let it warm up a bit... Then drive it slowly for a few miles till its at running temp. Its better to run it slow to get to temp then let it idle to temp.. kinda goes along the difference in temps between oil/water, tranny/engine.

 

I always let my car "warm up" whether its 90 or 60 outside. Its not just warming up, its letting the oil that has setteled work its way back into the engine. In your manual (Your Lancer book) it says "once the line starts to move then it is ok to drive" in more or less words.

 

I live in sunny HOT! Arizona I don't need to warm it up lol. J/k

 

Im with the remote start crew, start it up when im about to leave if the car has been off for a while, or if its cold and i wanna get into a warm car.

 

i let my car warm up for a few minutes and it runs great

 

My dealer told me once the temp guage starts going up, you're good to go. As a side note, by that time, my rpms have always flattened out, too.

 

2-3 minutes tops for me in Wisconsin winters.

 

in chicago its illegal to warm up ur car. To mant thefts so now you cant even preheat it, crazy huh

 

I have heard that people really get tickets for this.