How long do you let your car warm up?

THE BULL · 07-05-2021, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

So the question is actually "Why doesn't my oil temp gauge work?", right?

It would have been the question if id had not let it on for more time

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty

Damn grave digger.

It takes mine about 15 minutes before I start to see the gauge move.

So this was my issue, for the most part for some folks it takes 5-8 minutes. Mines took almost 15 minutes to register which finally did

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Originally Posted by Spooler

You are in Florida, who gives a chit grave digger.

Just following some standard forum ways. Better to reply on graves than create new ones. Just deal with the smell, it'll be fine

The engine is not in a car btw folks. It's on a stand running G37 wiring communicating with Z ecu and gauges. Since I barely have a loads on this it does take a loooong time for oil temps to register in the tripple meter while is inside a garage.

Thank again for the input.

View Poll Results: How long do you let your car warm up?
I let the juices flow then drive (30 seconds)	75	23.96%
I wait for the water temp to move off the bottom	37	11.82%
I wait for the water temp get to operating temp	13	4.15%
I wait for the oil temp to move off the bottom	16	5.11%
I wait for the oil temp to get to operating temperature (man that must take a while)	7	2.24%
I let the juices flow then drive like a granny until everything warms up	73	23.32%
I don't wait for it to warm up but I drive like a granny until everything gets to temp	39	12.46%
Warm up?!?!?! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU WARM IT UP? THIS AIN'T NO 1920'S CAR, modern technology FTW!!!	53	16.93%
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