my car never fully warms up anymore. it takes about 15 mins of drivign to get the temp gauge up about half way. im thinking thermostat stuck in the open position. what else could it be?

 

Isn't this a semi-oxymoron?

 

btw, the guage should be at 1/2 way (or thereabouts) and stay there.

If it drops once you start driving then you have a stuck-open thermostat (most likely).

 

thats where your temp gauge should be.

 

From 90stanza's sigYet another oxymoron.

 

it used to be a little over the half way mark. and stay there. now it chills at a little below. but its not normal for it to take 15 mins to warm up. it use to warm up in les than 5.

 

Probably have a stuck-open thermostat

 

either that or it must be freezing in CA this fall

 

FTW

 

i was born in chicago. its nothing compared to there. i kinda miss it there. still ahve some family in skockie. i think thats the name of one of the suburbs. i remember have to dig my cousin prelude out of the snow one year when i went back to visit.

 

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From my own personal opinion you should let you car run for 10-15 minutes before driving it after it's been sitting over night ro any other similar situation.

 

But that's only an opinion... ok guess who just started a "Warm up your car" thread ..: lolrun:

 

That's actually considered a bad idea these days... the car warms up faster if you drive it (sensibly)... so there is overall less wear/tear on the engine by driving it after say 30seconds to a minute, than just letting it idle away for minutes at a time.

But now we are straying and this has been discussed about eleventybillion times too many already. So I say /thread.

Everyone just do as you please. The only thing not to do (which is also debatable I suppose) is redline while the car is still cold (especially in areas with "real" winters).

 

yeah 10-15 minutes of idle is wayy too long and not practical. everyone would be late to everywhere.

 

Lol hehehe that **** sound funny. I dunno i let my car warm up for no more than 5 minutes and its fine by then.

 

IBTL likewhoa.

 

yea i hate it when my car only gets to half way........................

 

yeah it takes too long for mines to get up to the "H" and it gets me PISSED OFF! I spend about 15 minutes rubbing my engine while its in park constantly without letting off pressure, and it still stays RIGHT IN THE FREAKIN MIDDLE......LOL

 

uhh i live in cali and my temp never goes above half thats what we call "normal" you dont want it getting to much higher than that for normal driving.

 

 

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