For how long do you warm up your car before you drive off? Or til what coolant temps?

 

till my cars intake goes... pshh lol. Usually about 125-140 coolant temp

 

yea 150 coolant temp

 

whenever its done doing its little cat warm up thing. like reverence said, usually when it goes pshhh

 

But mine is sc lol so 15oish? Sounds like a good 1o min

 

eh, more like 1-3 min. lately its been bout 100* so its more like 1-2 min lol

 

O ok cuz sometimes I drive off when 8o to 1oo lol I guess I'm doin it wrong then

 

if im in a hurry ill do that too, just gotta be easy on it til it warms up.

 

o yea I hardly ever hit 5k rpm when fully warmed up so I'm good but I'm always in a hurry to get to work so I take off at those temps... Guess ill have to wake up a lil earlier lol

 

lol i drive off as soon as it starts up

 

Poor engine lol

 

i need to get an oil temp guage, its would be alot better to run when the oil is at a high temp.

 

driving cold is fine. just be easy on it, don't go crazy with the gas. and don't hit boost till 140*

 

That would be nice if it also had oil pressure

 

Hmmm that's nice to know. Thanks man

 

It revs 1.4-1.5k for like a thirty seconds then idles at 1.1k rpm @ about 100*coolant temp. I drive off easy throttle and never over 3krpm untill fully warmed up.

 

As soon as I start I leave...

 

Fastgti- yea I leave as soon as that happens too lol
Cannonbalt _ ouch lol

 

When I was driving the Cobalt as a daily, I'd leave when the coolant was about 85*. Then again I had a good 30-40 minutes of driving before I was on a road where I could go above 40mph.

 

Modern engines are ready to go when there is full oil pressure. Which is only after a few seconds. Im not saying hit full boost right out of your driveway, but there is no need to let the car idle for 2 minutes before moving the thing. The high rpms at startup are to warm up the cat, not the engine.

 

This.

I wait til about 100 coolant then ill drive off. I shift <3000 RPM's until about 150ish and then I let her get into boost.

 

Well I learned new things from you ppl B-)

 

yea, it should be fine to drive cold as long as you're easy on it until it's warm. the manual doesn't even ask for a warm up period, it just says to be careful when it's cold. I used to wait until the coolant is 70

 

I've always waited till 8o but don't think its enough

 

i wait for the cat warm up sometimes a minute after that but today for instance i was late for work so i just started it in reverse and took off right away i just drive easy till around 140-160 temps