Hey everyone, I tried searching but couldn't find much. Every time I start it up I wait for it to at least warm up to the first line on the temp gauge and at least 950 rpms. Anyone else do this too? Positives or negatives?

 

I only do it during the winter / hot summers so the environment in the car's nice

You don't need to warm up a Maxima

 

I typically don't care about the cabin comfort unless the weather is extreme. I do this solely for health of the engine. Its mostly to ensure the engine isn't put under too much load without the oil properly circulating. Something about starting it and just taking off when the engine isn't warm that freaks me out lol

 

Just drive like a granny until engine's warmed up. You'll be fine

https://ca.autos.yahoo.com/blogs/gre...201000465.html
http://www.womansday.com/life/should...it-idle-113732

 

Use 0w40 if you don't want to warm it up.

 

Since I bought it I only use castrol gtx 5w-30 , thinking about switching to the high mileage though and only buying k&n filters. And good stuff, I think I'll only wait for 1100 rpms since I pike to make sure it's lubed up in there, just my ocd like need.

 

Unless yours is modified a lot, trust in the Nissan engineers who took into consideration extreme weather conditions when they developed the car...



Why? Mine's been fine with 5w30 and car has seen -20*c and below freezing temperatures for over a month... No excessive oil consumption after about 800 km

 

Yeah the winter in Jersey this year was pretty harsh and she only consumed the usual ~quart over 3000 miles .

 

Stop using castrol gtx during winter it gummes up like taffy during extreme.cold weather....

 

WHAT!?

I'm using Castrol

 

The same engineers who produced those amazing lower rad supports and rear wheel wells.

 

That's exactly the same reason I "warm" the engine. More like "lube" the engine. Even if it's just for 2-3 minutes.

 

LOL ^

I always warm up my car until it drops 'till about 950ish rpms too, I've been using Mobil1 5w-30 & it's been totally fine in the cold weather