How long do you wait before you drive?!

[charliebrown]

i gotta hit vtec to get out of my street in the morning cos too much traffic. what should i do? cuz if warm up den needle high but gbok temp not high

[curtis265]

charliebrown, i'd suggest installing a dyno in your garage so that you can run the engine gently for a while.

[trism]

Common topic. Lots of threads already.

Do a search.

In short, idling more than 30seconds is bad.

[sensei_]

i gotta hit vtec to get out of my street in the morning cos too much traffic. what should i do? cuz if warm up den needle high but gbok temp not high

if it is what im picturing, then shouldnt be a problem because you have to wait for a gap, so your doing just fine idling and waiting.

[Fredoops]

Common topic. Lots of threads already.

Do a search.

In short, idling more than 30seconds is bad.

*Disclaimer? for Fuel injected engines only, carbies follow the regular warm up process

[ctx]

Hmm..I guess similar along the lines, but if I may hijack this thread for a bit. I only use my car every few days; is it good to warm it up for a few minutes after I haven't used it for 2-3 days?

[xclusive_eg8]

Usually start, get hose to get rid of dew. And drive, so about 1 min max. And before turning car off leave it idling for about 30 sec.

[HondaTurboVtec]

I wait like a few minute before I start driving but even then I baby it because the gearbox is still cold.

^ exactly right!

[Indie]

I don't know why people still idle their cars. As someone else said, even the owner's manual advises against it. I certainly don't rev my car for the first, say, ten minutes of driving, but I don't sit there for minutes at a time idling. I've not had anybody knowledgeable advise me to, but several advise me not to.

[Fredoops]

^^^^ some people still drive around in carbie EG's tho.

[bennjamin]

I don't know why people still idle their cars. As someone else said, even the owner's manual advises against it. I certainly don't rev my car for the first, say, ten minutes of driving, but I don't sit there for minutes at a time idling. I've not had anybody knowledgeable advise me to, but several advise me not to.

We all (on average) here are doing basically the same thing - start, let sit for a bit then go.

The term "idling" seems to be thrown around , and should be followed by "....for more than a minute or so..." to imply overly idling , or that which the workshop manual and many smart people suggest against !

[DakDak]

I did a search on google.

The main problem with letting your car idle too long seems to be the fuel consumption?
I let my car warm up for 1 min before driving everyday, might chop that to 20 sec now.