How long should you wait after starting your car...

[pdc2]

guys question lang...my parking is at the basement 6 of a building, so malayo aakyatin ng car ko everyday after starting...eh medyo hindi pa mainit yun engine nun...is this bad for the car's engine? how long should i wait before i start going up...

thanks

[mazdamazda]

the manual (for both our cars) says 10 seconds... just don't over rev/drive your car during the first 5 minutes

but in real life, i do i 30 sec warm up. kasi matatagalan pa rin naman... bukas ng gate, lock ang gate, pila palabas ng parking...

pero kung 6 floors ka... medyo kailangan ng revving right? mga 2 minutes cguro...

[roydok]

In normal cases it's ok to start moving immediately once the oil pressure indicator lamp in your dash comes off and driving it slowly til it reaches normal engine temp. In your case of the car still climbing up is an added stress. Try warming up the engine for about two minutes then shift gear.

[kiper]

ako gawa ko wait for 2-3 minutes, tapos easy-driving lang..

parang tao din yan eh.

parang ako pagkagising pa-easy2 lang,

konting stretching para di mabigla..

oks ba?

[theveed]

wag ka lang mag aircon habang paakyat ok na yan... unless wala sa tono makina mo di yan mahihirapan... usually di advisable mag rev over 4K pag cold pa makina pero under that walang problema yan...

[papa tots]

what i usually do kung malamig pa ang makina ay mag drive muna ng mabagal, na di lumalampas ng 1,500 rpm, until it reaches operating temperature.

[ssaloon]

i read an article before na dapat di mo i-idle lang yung car pag cold start... the best way to warm the engine up is to drive it na, pero wag yung hataw agad, a gradual press on the gas with low revs sa pag shift is the best way... pa-correct nalang po kung mali po nabasa ko

[vinj]

Ssaloon, my sentiments exactly. Drive after a few seconds pero pahinay-hinay lang. If possible, dont use the a/c first to keep engine load low.

If you're going up an incline (as i do every morning sa street namin), just keep it in first or maybe 2nd gear with a slow speed as well.

[jaspi11]

ok na cguro 2-3 minutes tapos wag ka na muna bukas aircon para di hirap engine.

[pyoyong1]

Temp monitoring. Yun din ang gawa ko.

Pero together with that tinitingnan ko rin kung bumaba na to 1000 rpm yung revs. Matining na ang tunog ng engine kapag naibaba na sa ganitong revs.

Mga 2-3 minutes din ito. Sabay din nito nasa normal na yung Temperature. Habang nagpapainit din, naka-fan na yung aircon.

[pajerokid]

For gas engines, ok na siguro 30 seconds to 2 minutes kapag first start sa umaga. For diesels, warmups are more critical. Sa diesel ride ko, mga 10 minutes in the morning, but within the day, start and drive na.

[splerdu]

for turbo engines, maganda longer warmups. the oil has much more to do and it can't do it while cold.

for cold mornings, i warm up my car for about 10 minutes before driving hard.

[meleagant8]

ano po ba ung normal operating temp?
pag nandun na sa point na di na aakyat ung temp ng car?

[zildjian]

mga sirs, I agree with ssaloon. that's what I'm getting on almost all article I encountered on the net. the longer warm-ups are now tell tales and not true anymore on todays vehicle. it is still best to drive at once but smoothly to warm-up the car kahit na siguro paakyat. remember that idling for a longer period of time doesn't do good at all.

pdc2, just what sir theveed and others said... start and drive smoothly with a/c off.