Warming up Car... How long?
03-23-2006, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by riad
I don't think its harmful to let the car come to idle, or not, it's whatever everyone's more comfortable doing.
We ALL agree that we keep the RPM's down until the car come up to temp, about 180 degrees.
So we have that going for us, which is nice.
Rob
We ALL agree that we keep the RPM's down until the car come up to temp, about 180 degrees.
So we have that going for us, which is nice.
Rob
Originally Posted by riad
16) Have a friend follow you in his BMW
17) Drive to dealer for maintenance
18) While driving home in your friends beemer, tell him how stupid his iDrive is.
17) Drive to dealer for maintenance
18) While driving home in your friends beemer, tell him how stupid his iDrive is.
03-23-2006, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 1999Porsche911
Ok, it's time to get back to the orginator of this thread. Hey dant? Are you confused yet?
03-23-2006, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Big6Dad
As usual Rob I agree with you, but I take one exception.... A BMW beemer is the motorcycle, the car is a bimmer...
03-23-2006, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by smackboy1
I think we lost him. He went out, sold his Porsche and here he is warming up his new wheels . . .
03-23-2006, 10:24 PM
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cars run rich when they are first started. the rich running condition at idle when cold can "wash down" the oil from the cylinder walls at a higher than healthy rate. it can also lead to fuel dilution of the oil, the oil then has a lowered flashpoint and loses film strength...extended idling is not as detrimental as it used to be now that cars are very precisley metered with EFI, but dilution and wash down still occurs. The best strategy is to start the car,drive away, and kep the revs under 4000 until te coolant and/or coolant/oil rise to operating temperature. Also, there have been instances where catalytic converters have overheated from extended idling.
03-23-2006, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by bgiere
cars run rich when they are first started. the rich running condition at idle when cold can "wash down" the oil from the cylinder walls at a higher than healthy rate. it can also lead to fuel dilution of the oil, the oil then has a lowered flashpoint and loses film strength...extended idling is not as detrimental as it used to be now that cars are very precisley metered with EFI, but dilution and wash down still occurs. The best strategy is to start the car,drive away, and kep the revs under 4000 until te coolant and/or coolant/oil rise to operating temperature. Also, there have been instances where catalytic converters have overheated from extended idling.
Seriously, thanks for the info.
03-23-2006, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by riad
Did you see my snowblower?
Seriously, thanks for the info.
Seriously, thanks for the info.
03-24-2006, 01:26 AM
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this is great
I came from the beemer forum and if you asked a question like this, you get about 8 responses from the smart *** 16 year olds that just had their daddies buy them an M3 saying "repost" or "why did you buy a car like this if you can't even operate it"..... At least you guys add value
03-24-2006, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by dant
8 responses from the smart *** 16 year olds that just had their daddies buy them an M3
