Warm up period before driving away when cold....

[pmptrading]

Hello!
How long should you wait before driving away when the engine is cold? ie when starting for the first time.

Also - should one turn off the air-con once a trip is over.... so when you start the engine cold it does not have to power up the air con immediately?

I AM THE GUY TRYING TO GET 20+ YEARS FROM MY ACCORD VTI.

[aaronng]

Wait 30 seconds, then drive with max 3000rpm and light throttle. When the coolant temp needle reaches the middle, double the time taken to reach that, then you can use heavy throttle.

Don't have to turn the aircon off after a trip. The aircon is off when you start the car. But turning it off and letting the fan run for a while reduces condensation which slow down mould growth.

[JohnL]

Wait 30 seconds, then drive with max 3000rpm and light throttle. When the coolant temp needle reaches the middle, double the time taken to reach that, then you can use heavy throttle.

My understanding is that the reason for not using heavy throttle imediately the engine comes to operating temp is that the oil temp lags a bit behind the coolant temp, and the gearbox temp lags even further behind. You don't want to use more than light throttle until all the fluids and components are at the correct operating temperature.

[supride]

:thumbsup: exactly wat i do with all my cars :)


Wait 30 seconds, then drive with max 3000rpm and light throttle. When the coolant temp needle reaches the middle, double the time taken to reach that, then you can use heavy throttle.

Don't have to turn the aircon off after a trip. The aircon is off when you start the car. But turning it off and letting the fan run for a while reduces condensation which slow down mould growth.

[panda[cRx]]

I AM THE GUY TRYING TO GET 20+ YEARS FROM MY ACCORD VTI.


ok ok WE GET IT.

you will still get 20yrs out of it redlining it when cold

[JohnL]

;1497902']
you will still get 20yrs out of it redlining it when cold

Sounds like an interesting long term experiment, are you volunteering your car?

[Vinnie]

Sounds like an interesting long term experiment, are you volunteering your car?

he didnt say 'without repairs' :p

and what is with all the threads started by this guy about his 'thai built accord 2.4' around now...

[panda[cRx]]

;1497902']ok ok WE GET IT.

you will still get 20yrs out of it redlining it when cold


Sounds like an interesting long term experiment, are you volunteering your car?

my car is 19 years old and i thrashed the shit out of my original, unrebuilt engine everyday until i took it out for a b-series

at the end of the day he has a vti accord which will only ever see street use. he's not going to run it into the ground unless he stops servicing it.

i've seen crv's that have had NO SERVICING until about 70-80k and they've still been fine, with no adverse affects. (same base engine k24a)

[Drew]

I've had two RAV4's that haven't been serviced for 50-60,000km and the intake cam gear broke off on both because there was like 1l of oil in the engine

Just drive it normally and try to service it on time but missing a service by a few thousand kms isn't going to kill it

[m0nty ITR]

;1497902']ok ok WE GET IT.

you will still get 20yrs out of it redlining it when cold

Who looks forward to 20 years of VTI 2.4 Accord driving? That's like being diagnosed with 20 years of chronic depression and saying thank you.

[Riviera]

pmp soundz like its his first car... just service it on time, never redline it things will eventually wear out and will need rebuilding... 20 years is pretty extensive

[pmptrading]

Hello!
I am 35 and no this is not my first car......

FIRST HONDA LUXURY CAR - YES...

Car I have owned...

1) Mazda 323 Astina - bought new - 1990 $20,000-
2) BMW 318i - bought new - 1991 (last of the E30 models) $36,244-
3) Ford Mondeo - bought new - 1996 $24,000-
4) Mazda MX-5 - bought used - 2000 $15,500-
5) Alfa Romeo 156 Sillyspeed - bought used - 2005 $24,000-
6) Honda Accord VTI 2.4 - bought new - 2008 $30,100-

Kind regards,

[Drew]

Doesn't look like you've kept anything else for 20 years...

Just service it regularly and don't wrap it around a tree

[JohnL]

;1499036']my car is 19 years old and i thrashed the shit out of my original, unrebuilt engine everyday until i took it out for a b-series
at the end of the day he has a vti accord which will only ever see street use. he's not going to run it into the ground unless he stops servicing it.
i've seen crv's that have had NO SERVICING until about 70-80k and they've still been fine, with no adverse affects. (same base engine k24a)

That's not a long term test of habitually red-lining it from cold, and habitually red-lining it from cold isn't the same thing as not servicing the car properly.