warm it up!

[WABIT]

lol how can you disagree if volkswagen have this feature on there t4 caravelle?

dom

[Flaps]

Is my Polo the same as a t4 caravelle?

[WABIT]

umm.... im sure you can work that out yourself

[brad]

I disagree.

It takes 15mins from start up for my Oil Temp gauge to reach 90-100 degree's where it stays for normal driving. It takes 5mins for the water temp gauge to reach middle(90) and by this time the oil temp still hasn't moved from 60 degrees(bottom of the dial).

I start mine and let the auto choke finish then I move off keeping the revs down for the first 5 mins.

So are you saying you like to have the car sitting idling for 15 minutes before you drive?

[Flaps]

So are you saying you like to have the car sitting idling for 15 minutes before you drive?

I start mine and let the auto choke finish then I move off keeping the revs down for the first 5 mins.

I was making a point that since I have an oil temp gauge I have noticed it takes 15mins from turning the key in the ignition to 90-100 degrees. Unless it is a very hot day or I am in stop-start traffic the temp never goes up.

[Flaps]

umm.... im sure you can work that out yourself

Exactly. I don't see you point?

[WABIT]

how can you disagree on something that your car does not have? just because your polo doesnt have it, doesnt mean VW didnt put that feature in any other VW, id be almost right in saying the polo is the last thing VW will put any of there new features on......

lol, there is no need to warm up new cars, some vw models even have pre warmed water flowing through the radiator upon startup!

warming up is old news now

you cant just disagree on somthing that isnt related to your polo

ok, you warm up you car, but how do you know that it causes damage to your polo if you dont warm it up? VW techs actually tells you there is no need to warm up their cars anymore, with they technology they have today, they have overridden that process

[Flaps]

how can you disagree on something that your car does not have?

Easy. I disagreed on 'not warming up' new cars. I didn't disagree on VW's fully sick water feature.

I believe in warming the oil before giving it full throttle even though VW say it isn't needed.

[WABIT]

thats good man, congrats ................

[Flaps]

Thanks.

Does anyone know what a VW Tech's advice would be on giving a turbo 1.5 bar of boost straight after start up??

[Jarred]

Thanks.

Does anyone know what a VW Tech's advice would be on giving a turbo 1.5 bar of boost straight after start up??

depends how long do you want your engine and turbo to last?

there's being stupid, smart and over cautious.

being stupid would be flooring it from cold.

being smart is giving it a few minutes.

being over cautious is waiting 15 mins to use the right pedal. (in a meaningful manner)

technology for engines and oils for that matter have come along way. you don't need to sit and wait before you drive you car anymore. With oils the way they are, I don't even have to wait with my old cars!

hth.

[velly_16v_cab]

you dont need to warm up engines these days....abit like you dont have to run them in either!!!

but there is also nothing wrong with you letting the car warm up, its what ever makes you happy.

Personnally i let my car warm up before giving it some welly.
also the same how i will let it cool down at the end of a hard drive...

[brad]

I'm not sure about you lot but generally the expression "warm up " means sitting stationary with the engine idling. These days, that's not needed or recommended.

But anyone that thrashes an engine from dead cold is just asking for problems in the future.

[greasykitchen]

The owners manual for my MK1 golf (or for my old '72 beetle) says something like, there's no need to wait for it to warm up - jusr drive off straight away, but don't race the engine for the first few minutes. So if those old cars don't need to be warmed up, then I'd say new ones don't either.

PS the important thing with the golf is to pump the gas the correct way for temperature of the engine. From dead cold it's pump it once and then hold down while starting. That should set the auto-choke properly.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Without closing this thread, I'm going to suggest that everyone keeps their opinions out of their posts, which should only be fact or personal preference of car-starting technique. Keep it dead on track, or it'll just have to go!

sorry op, back on topic.. greasykitchen, what do you mean by pumping the gas the correct way?