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Generally speaking, letting the car idle for more than a minute is not a good idea. It takes an idling car MUCH longer to warm up than a conservatively driven car, and while cold the oil is cold and mixture is rich, and neither of those are good for long life of an engine. You're almost universally better off giving the car a second to get the oil pumping and then head off, staying off full throttle and keeping the revs down until the engine temp comes up. That will get the engine warmed up as quickly as possible without doing damage.
I'm not sure what happened in Jonathan's case - perhaps the throttle may have iced open - but it was more likely than not a random event and not some side effect of driving off too soon.
posted by 207.15.18...
Posts in this Thread:
- Should have let it warm up this morning...., Jonathan Scupin
, Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:48:03- Thanks guys,, Jonathan Scupin
, Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:45:52 - Do I really need to idle it to warm it up?, Wil W
, Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:08:01 - check you three way vacuum plug, vvack0matic
, Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:19:15- Sub-Zero, Paul Clifton, Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:27:56
- Re: Should have let it warm up this morning...., Justin VanAbrahams
, Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:14:05- mmmmm -5..., Austin Underwood, Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:14:23
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