Do you guys warm up your engine in the morning?

I normally warm it up about 2-3 minutes until the temperature raise a bit. And in the winter time, it takes about 5 minutes.

I read on a 99 ITR manual that it doesn't need to be warm up because they said that it will waste gasoline. and I couldn't find anything about it on Maxima manual.

What do you guys think?

 

I ussually wait till the rpm's are lower than 1000

 

You shouldn't let the car idle more than 1 minute, summertime or wintertime. It is better to drive off slowly than let the car idle for a long time because the engine will build higher oil pressure- which helps circulate the oil better- plus the engine will warm up much faster when you drive it. Don't rev the motor quickly (zing the motor) and rev too high for a first few minutes after driving off.

 

i let mine sit for about a min or two just to get the oil pressure up, then im out!

Ant

 

Read and enjoy:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....arming+morning

 

whaaaaaaaaaa

damn thanks for the link! Time to change an old habit

 

Thanks...
I searched before I put this new thread but I couldn't find it at 4th Gen forum..
It was a really good thread.

 

about an minute then I just drive it, keeping the rpms low until the temp as at least off the cold mark

 

Same here.

 

There's no need to warm up your car before driving it. You should drive it gently until it does warm up though. I usually use very light throttle and keep the RPM under 3000 until about 5 minutes after the coolant temp gauge reaches normal. What you really want is for the oil temp to come up before you horse the engine.

 

Exactly!

 

First thing.. I start up the car..
Second.. put CD in / hook up the Handphone to
Hand free machanism.. (It takes 1 or 2 min)
and I just drive off..

So summer (1 to 2 min)
winter (3 to 5 min)

 

Even though my max is garaged most of the time, I still run it for a few minutes before I need to go anywhere

 

read the link ppl!

 

Driving around to warm up the car and shifting around 2500 rpms is how I do it. That way the other important thing gets warmed up too - tranny.

 

you're not supposed to let it sit, just drive and don't go over 3k rpm until your car is heated a little over the C on the temp gauge

 

i let my car warm up for about 5 min in the winter or untill the rpms reach under 100 then i drive slow untill the cars temp is normal in the middle, in the summer i do the same thing maybe about a min, is it necessaRY FOR U TO WARM THE CAR IN THE SUMMER

 

NISMO....LMFAO @ ur sig pic!!!!!

 

i usually just slap it in neutral and floor the gas until i see smoke coming out the tailpipe....then im ready for the day.

 

well...sounds like it COULD work