I live in Buffalo, NY and sometimes it gets a bit chilly.
2007-12-25 15:12:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
always read your owners manual for these little details. However disregard most of the previous posts about not having to let it warm up. Buffalo is known for having rather chilly winters. Oil has to warm up in order to reach the top of the engine enough to lubricate everything well. In the summer, 30 seconds or so id more than enough, but in the winter, let the engine stabilize a bit before putting any stress on it. The lifters will thank you around 100,000 miles when they are still working. I dont care how much technology and electronics they put in an engine, oil is only physical and will not change magically. New cars dont have to wait as long compared to old because older engines have manual chokes that adjust fuel ratios. Fuel injected engines compensate for temperature, but the oil is more important.
2007-12-25 17:07:18 · answer #1 · answered by Daggermonkey 2 · 59⤊ 9⤋
lol!! old cars, new cars, lol!! oil doesn't change.. lol!! come on guys, lets get real.. be honest with people, first off, most people up north run a thinner oil.. so it pumps easier, now just so you know as I assume most don't know this, your filter with the exception on one type of engine has a built in anti drain back valve in them. so oil is located all the way to the top of the engine, so it's already lubricated. that is why your getting all sorts of answers about letting it warm up. using a thin oil up north like that pumps easy and you have oil in your filter, to your valves. the older cars had push rods but new ones don't any more, they have tappets and rarely need any adjustments like push rods did. anyway, think about this.. if two identical engines one starts up and taps at first then quiets down and the other starts right up with no noise, both the same, the only difference is on oil filter anti drain back works and the other doesn't. once the oil is pumped up though the filter, it's quiet. so as long as you don't hear any tapping noise from your engine, you just put in gear and go. oh btw, one person commented that daddy told them to let it warm up, and that was true, as oil was thicker back then and required to thin out a bit when cold out side.
2014-04-23 04:36:48 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you wanted to yeah you could just jump in and go. But your putting much more stress on your engine(then if it were warming up at idle). If you were to jump in your car and go well your engine oil hasn't had the time to warm up and sufficiently lubricate every moving part. Also when you first start your vehicle your cars running in whats called 'Open Loop'. Its basic running parameters. Your cars pretty much ignoring the O2 sensor and falling back on to a preprogrammed air/fuel ratio (Which is a very rich condition aka dumping a lot of fuel). so if you let it warm up A) The engine would have time to warm up and be sufficiently be lubricated (You'd rather it idle with no oil then really get on it with no oil) and B) you'd get better gas mileage if you were to let it warm up. yes you would be burning gas while it warmed up but long run gas mileage will be better and extended engine life offsets the amount of gas you burn while its warming up.
2007-12-25 17:49:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 26⤊ 5⤋
Highly importance, for long term.
You must worm till rpm goes down to around 1, or till the temperature meter get to the middle.
It won't take more than 5 minutes.
2004 owner
2007-12-25 15:44:41 · answer #4 · answered by hishamabukaram 2 · 13⤊ 7⤋
My parents always told me to let my car warm up, if it's past the "C" on the gage you're good to go.
2007-12-25 15:19:51 · answer #5 · answered by Amia Dylan 2 · 14⤊ 5⤋
Let it run for at least 5 minutes with heat on mid range as so you will be nice and warm upon entering your vehicle. It is extremely important to allow the vehicle to get up to proper opperating temperature so that everything basically runs properly lol. Depending on weather conditions, sometimes you may have to wait up to 15 minutes or untill you see the frost has melted from your windows. There are cars out there that are good to go right from the start. But they certainly aren't anything built by Ford. Lincoln, or Mercury.
2007-12-25 15:23:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 15⤋
it always helps to let an engine warm up when it's cold. it needs to gradually warm up before you put to much stress on it.
2007-12-25 15:22:07 · answer #7 · answered by hookerln 5 · 22⤊ 6⤋
Well todays cars dont really need to be heated up as you say. Thy say just get in and drive. But if you want to get into a nice warm car, about 5-10 minets. Your best thing in your case is to get a remote starter kit where you can start the car remotely then by the time you have gotton you coffee, it will be warm and ready to drive.
2007-12-25 15:21:26 · answer #8 · answered by goldwing127959 6 · 17⤊ 13⤋
That is all a matter of how cold you can stand it in the car. Newer cars (anything fuel injected) do not need to be warmed up before driving. Back in the days of carburetors an engine needed to be warmed up so it could run efficiently without the choke on. I am very close to Buffalo in the southern tier, we gotta love the cold!
2007-12-25 15:20:55 · answer #9 · answered by knave68 3 · 8⤊ 18⤋
It's not important at all to warm up the car. In fact it will cause more damage than if you let it run for about 30 seconds than go. If what you want is heat,see about getting an engine block warmer from what ever make dealer your car is. It will also make the car easier to start.
2007-12-25 15:39:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 26⤋