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

**pdc2** · January 9th, 2003 06:22 PM

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** · January 9th, 2003 06:51 PM

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** · January 9th, 2003 07:21 PM

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** · January 9th, 2003 07:33 PM

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** · January 9th, 2003 07:37 PM

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** · January 9th, 2003 10:11 PM

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** · January 9th, 2003 11:16 PM

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** · January 10th, 2003 12:34 AM

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** · January 10th, 2003 03:34 AM

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

**pyoyong1** · January 14th, 2003 10:56 PM

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.