My First 3 Weeks With The New T

[EZ2CME]

It shouldn't take 15 mins to warm up mine takes about 5 if that.

Your water temp might be good after 5 mins but your oil definately isn't up to temp yet! It takes a good 15mins worth of driving for my oil temp to get up to running temp.

[aurace]

correct, 5 mins isn't enough to get the engine to a good temp.

[NVYDF6]

Your water temp might be good after 5 mins but your oil definately isn't up to temp yet! It takes a good 15mins worth of driving for my oil temp to get up to running temp.

I try not to give it too much until the oil pressure has settled, usually around 15 minutes aswell.

[John K]

I normally don't give any car any stick until it's properly warmed up (unless it's air cooled!) - but the warm up time for the T does seem to far exceed my last 2 or 3 cars.

I also don't believe in starting a cold engine and letting it idle for ages to warm it up before driving off - It allows the engine to run an unnecessarily long time at low temps which is not good for a number of reasons.

You guys put me in a little bit of a spot and I'm not entirely sure how paranoid you might be - For morning starts I'm going to compromise and wait for 1 minute before driving gently away. No stick until the needle is at midway between 1/4 and 1/2 !

[aurace]

I don't let it sit there idling at all, but I certainly don't give it anywhere near full throttle till im well into the drive.

would take a heap longer to warm up if it was just idling.

[XRT-16]

wow.. I find driving in my safety boots are best to drive in... I rather wear them than my runners

and the washer bottle.. ive never run out? I guessing it gets filled every service?

for warm up I sit for about 30 sec to 1min then take off slowly bout 1min from motorway then its cruise on 100km/hr seems to warm up well the temp gauge says between 1/4 and 1/2

Edited 04/04/08 10:07 PM by XRT-16

[MiKa]

When first starting in the morning, I just start driving, I usually hit a red light just up the road and after that the needle is just starting to leave the cold side.. But yeah it takes me about 10-15 mins to fully warm up..

[Desert_phantom]

I personally dont worry about letting it warm up too much for a few reasons:

A) They seem to go harder when cold lol (running richer I guess)

B) I only plan on keeping the car up until 100,000ks MAX so I dont really think there is any problem. I dont want it to last forever. My car has 60,000ks (xr8) on it and its perfect. I drive it, I enjoy it that's all that matters for me, it's never going to be a museum piece!