So just wondering do you warm up your engine when you start it?
11-25-2010, 04:54 AM
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I don't warm up but I do keep the revs low (under 3k or so) until it reaches normal temp. When I get to my destination, I shut her off - my car does not cool down idling, that's for sure. If I drive REAL hard, then I might take a "cool down lap" a couple blocks from my destination. 
I don't know about you all, but warm up time would seriously hinder my morning routine, lol. I barely make it to work on time as it is
I don't know about you all, but warm up time would seriously hinder my morning routine, lol. I barely make it to work on time as it is
11-25-2010, 07:44 AM
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11-25-2010, 12:22 PM
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I was specifically told by the dealer to let it warm up and cool down.
I let mine warm 1-2 minutes...until the air pump stops roughly...and I let it idle for like 30 seconds before shutting if off if I drive it hard. I don't drive it hard until it's at normal temp.
on a side note...on a few times I was running late...I tried to just drive off and the car would have nothing to do with it. It would bog and sputter and just about stall every time. It just wouldn't ever be happy unless I let it warm a couple minutes.
I let mine warm 1-2 minutes...until the air pump stops roughly...and I let it idle for like 30 seconds before shutting if off if I drive it hard. I don't drive it hard until it's at normal temp.
on a side note...on a few times I was running late...I tried to just drive off and the car would have nothing to do with it. It would bog and sputter and just about stall every time. It just wouldn't ever be happy unless I let it warm a couple minutes.
All pretty good advise,
From my 26 years of working on cars and reading car literature: you can drive the vehicle when you have "normal oil pressure", and do not race the engine until it has reached within 80% of normal operating temp. By the time the temp gauge reads >170* the internal parts have already reached a safe operating temp. As for cool down for n/a cars: if it was driven hard or in >90* weather do not immediately turn off the engine. A period of 3-5 minutes of low rpms is safest for the bearings, seals, piston rings, etc. I perform this by driving at light throttle the last mile home.
11-25-2010, 12:31 PM
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I am AMAZED !!!!! Answers on the forum that are ALL pretty much "in-synch". Everybody's pretty much in agreement on this one (which, by the way, I fully agree with). WoW.
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11-06-2011, 09:43 AM
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There is warm up your engine and warm up your engine.
As an aside: I've never tracked my car but if you do you should budget at least one cool down lap before you pull off the track and after you pull off the track you can even let the engine idle a bit with the A/C on which will run the electric radiator fans and this tends to help remove alot of heat build up. The cooldown lap removes heat from every part of the car: engine to be sure, but brakes, drivetrain too.
From an engine's point of view a bit of idling helps more than it hurts.
Sincerely,
Macster.
As an aside: I've never tracked my car but if you do you should budget at least one cool down lap before you pull off the track and after you pull off the track you can even let the engine idle a bit with the A/C on which will run the electric radiator fans and this tends to help remove alot of heat build up. The cooldown lap removes heat from every part of the car: engine to be sure, but brakes, drivetrain too.
From an engine's point of view a bit of idling helps more than it hurts.
Sincerely,
Macster.
11-06-2011, 09:52 AM
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I don't warm up but I do keep the revs low (under 3k or so) until it reaches normal temp. When I get to my destination, I shut her off - my car does not cool down idling, that's for sure. If I drive REAL hard, then I might take a "cool down lap" a couple blocks from my destination.
I don't know about you all, but warm up time would seriously hinder my morning routine, lol. I barely make it to work on time as it is
I don't know about you all, but warm up time would seriously hinder my morning routine, lol. I barely make it to work on time as it is
Set your alarm 5 mins earlier.
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I think driving off soon as started is for the air cooled Porsche and VW and not a water cooled 996. I have had several beetles VW Campers and was told to drive off soon after starting up. All water cooled cars I have ever owned I let idle for a couple of minutes before driving off. Especially on a very cold day. No ill effects on any of them as I could tell. It pisses me off when I see a guy start a cold car and then rev the ***** out of the engine for his mates. That's a great way to **** any engine up quick time.
02-10-2017, 03:08 PM
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I have a 1999 C2 996 Cab and wondered why, as I turn on the ignition, the A/C is on at lowest level;. I would alter this to the OFF position. After reading your quote I will leave the A/C on during standing 3 to 5 mins warm up period which I use, in the hope that during warm up the fans will cool the water as intended. Thanks..
I think driving off soon as started is for the air cooled Porsche and VW and not a water cooled 996. I have had several beetles VW Campers and was told to drive off soon after starting up. All water cooled cars I have ever owned I let idle for a couple of minutes before driving off. Especially on a very cold day. No ill effects on any of them as I could tell. It pisses me off when I see a guy start a cold car and then rev the ***** out of the engine for his mates. That's a great way to **** any engine up quick time.
02-10-2017, 03:58 PM
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I gently wrap my engine block in white linen towels that have been steamed to precisely 160 degrees. It takes about three hours to bring the entire system up to temp this way, and typically the flesh is hanging in ruined tatters from both arms by the time the car is ready to start, but pre-heating the entire system in this manner makes the most sense to me.
02-10-2017, 05:15 PM
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I prefer to ignore the advice of subject matter experts and rub my navel twice clockwise, then three times counter-clockwise. After doing this I trust whatever course of action feels correct, wash my hands and put on my driving gloves.
02-10-2017, 05:23 PM
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I consult my horoscope, make note of the moon phase (gravity acting on the oil in the sump), sacrifice an ant by stomping on it, and jump in and drive off.
Why do you have to wash your hands....or do I NOT want to know?
Why do you have to wash your hands....or do I NOT want to know?