siclmn

My roommate has one and he insists that the mechanic said to always warm up the car for 5 to 10 min before driving. So every morning the car sits and idles and makes a chugging noise as it runs on choke stinking up the air. He claims your warming up something else besides the engine and it's very important to do this. I don't know what he is talking about but I do know that he isn't doing the engine any good running it that rich for 5 to 10 min. Can one of you tell me something that I can show to him to tell him that he is wrong? It's all level ground here so warming a car for anything over 1 min if that is overkill in my book. Of course I don't own a car with a "racing engine" as he put's it.

jwteknix

i let my car warm up every morning for about 15min to get in to closed loop before i drive it and since when is too much fuel a bad thing

RotaryVillain

i let my rx7's warm up for 10 min.

my 1st gen longer.

i'd say your friend is right and you are a newb

especially (assuming its the original engine) the engine is over 20 years old!

j9fd3s

nah, 30seconds warmup is enough, it just wastes gas to let it sit there and idle. just drive lightly until its warm...



unless it really is a prepped racing engine, if its got no thermostats, and maybe different filters on it, there is risk of overpressureing the filter and popping them before its warmed up

Jeff20B

I get in and go. Always have. Just drive it carefully until it's warm.

Racer X

I let me trucks 13b warm up for about a minute or so.I also have a powerfull block heater on it tho.Seems like its going to be a cold winter to drive this little machine.

PercentSevenC

My first-gen has a non-functional choke and a crappy carb, so I let it warm up until it will idle then drive gently from there. Usually takes a minute or two when it's totally cold.

j9fd3s

i'm in CA so its not that cold, but i run the idle a little rich, then never touch the choke, car will idle after 10seconds... its low and kinda rough, but it idles

quasar

The reason for warming it up is to let the catalytic converters get hot and it saves the apex seals to some extent. I let my 85 warm up for about 10 minutes, once it's warmed up get in and go every time with no problems.



Unless it's fuel injected, No reason to warm it up than. Just my two sence.

inanimate_object

That made no sense whatsoever!