How many people warm up their Fiesta ST before driving?

[Capri to ST]

Don't forget water temp rises way more quickly than oil temp! So drive gently a bit longer than stock temp gauge says normal temp reached.
I too agree idling is not needed with advanced fuel injection, and computerized engine adjustments.

I agree completely. After a cold start, I let it idle for maybe 30-45 seconds until the fast idle starts to come down before driving off. Even on a cold day, the temp will then show normal temp in as little as 3 minutes of driving. To be on the safe side, I drive it for about 10 minutes total from the start before going to high RPM's. This was rec'd to me by a friend who'd been a mechanic for 30 years.

 

[M-Sport fan]

^^^It might even take longer than 10 minutes to be able to go WOT for us 'yankees' in the dead of winter.

 

[Capri to ST]

^^^It might even take longer than 10 minutes to be able to go WOT for us 'yankees' in the dead of winter.

Yes, I'll go a little longer on the rare very cold day before going to high RPM'S/WOT and a little shorter on a hot day. I do think this car warms up quite quickly,but would rather wait a little extra and be cautious.

 

[Capri to ST]

Just as a reference point on drive time to fully warmed up oil, my previous car had an oil temp gauge so I could know for sure. It was a V-8 M3 with a large 9+ liter oil capacity. On a cold day driving at 60+ without stopping much, it could take a full 20 minutes for the oil to warm all the way up. That was an eye-opener.

 

[Stargate69]

I don’t. It’s an old wife’s tale and it was busted by the tv show myth busters but it’s like religion, where an alien is gonna come with evidence that’s substantial in nature that we were designed as were many other cultures across the universe yet pendejos out here are still gonna give their money to the church folks. Point being, it doesn’t matter Mythtbusters did the research and came up with it’s less harm to drive and go, stubborn humans are gonna do what they do, how do I know, from talking about it with kids at car meets. They do it cos pops did it or the neighbor as not all were blessed with having a father. So yeh.


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[hippo]

i do but its for the windows to defog and clear up. our winter is usually humid. The local roads or parking lot at office is enough to warm the car up.

however i am curious if people still warm DOWN after driving like oldskool turbo timers.

 

[Stargate69]

i do but its for the windows to defog and clear up. our winter is usually humid. The local roads or parking lot at office is enough to warm the car up.

however i am curious if people still warm DOWN after driving like oldskool turbo timers.

Yeah but that’s different. That’s understandable I mean there’s even devices sold to warm up the engine block in cold states.


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[Intuit]

I'm a monotheistic stubborn person who loves old wives' tales, aliens, and hail Myth Busters as THE all true God overseeing all in the land.

Truth is, I also like don't like to foul my oil too much more quickly than it has to be.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217314780
<< ... research compares ......... engine blow-by during engine cold and hot start operation ............................. study investigated engine blow-by and its correlation with indicated, brake and friction power; and blow-by normalised by different parameters. Result showed ....... higher blow-by during cold start ............. There was a strong correlation between blow-by and indicated power ............... It was discovered that oxygenated fuels perform better between hot and cold start, when compared to diesel. The blow-by inhibited properties of oxygenated fuels, such as higher lubricity and viscosity may be the cause for better performance ........................................................ >>

Extrapolations: Reduced cylinder pressures on a cold engine, produce less blow-by. More lubrication results with less blow-by.

https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/blowby.html
Blow-by ain't good for your oil or your rings. (talking about the ones around your four pistons, not the ones around Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter and Neptune)

How much energy does it take to move a 1.5 ton vehicle versus just a crankshaft and valvetrain? Need a clear indicator? Ease on down the road and then push in that clutch without letting off the accelerator... instant red-line is the result. That's a lot of additional cylinder pressure. Add to that, some of us don't have the luxury of easing on into traffic; unless you're just one of those people who don't care about impeding flow.

http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=182408&viewfull=1#post182408
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=180700&viewfull=1#post180700
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=185946&viewfull=1#post185946
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=193478&viewfull=1#post193478
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=194994&viewfull=1#post194994
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=195474&viewfull=1#post195474
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=195788&viewfull=1#post195788
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=195858&viewfull=1#post195858
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=203066&viewfull=1#post203066
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=203163&viewfull=1#post203163
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=203332&viewfull=1#post203332
http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/...before-driving?p=209888&viewfull=1#post209888

....views I have not subscribed to:
* Idling for ten minutes while it's 95°F outside, until the cows come home, waiting until 192°F thermostat open temperature occurs and/or "StarGate Universe" quits being a "Days of Our Lives" soap opera in space
* Carburetors, chokes, preventing pinging, knocking, detonation, improper fuel mixtures, improper timing, etcetera

 

[Zymie]

30 seconds when it's not winter. In winter I idle it for maybe too long (10ish minutes, I live in Alaska)

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[alexrex20]

Lately I have been warming it up to at least 120F before I set off. It takes about 0.7 seconds.

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[Stargate69]

Fuck that, that’s for old people, and I’m fucking fifty. It’s what used to be the norm not now.


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[TDavis]

Randomly coming by this thread again and I think the scary part about the poll is that it should be 100% yes. Not maybe, not sometimes. Just yes.

 

[alexrex20]

The oil is at 120F as soon as I start it up. I ain't gonna sit in my hot ass car and wait for the oil temps. I'm gonna get rolling asap to blow all the hot air out the windows and let air flow through the condenser to get my AC ice cold.

 

[danbfree]

I think that the big thing is to simply not hit high boost until oil temp is 160... and that's just to make sure all the rings and seals and whatnot is fully expanded to prevent blow-by, otherwise with fully synthetic oil and a proper check valve oil filter you can drive gently right away.

 

[AzNightmare]

Begin moving when the oil hits 68F.
Full psi boost only after 158F.

That's how I do it.

 

[STorm_trooper]

I usually wait a good five minutes before driving and never red line it until I drive and warm the car up. Usually keep it between 2500 and 3000


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[TDavis]

The oil is at 120F as soon as I start it up. I ain't gonna sit in my hot ass car and wait for the oil temps. I'm gonna get rolling asap to blow all the hot air out the windows and let air flow through the condenser to get my AC ice cold.

I think that the big thing is to simply not hit high boost until oil temp is 160... and that's just to make sure all the rings and seals and whatnot is fully expanded to prevent blow-by, otherwise with fully synthetic oil and a proper check valve oil filter you can drive gently right away.

I take off regardless of outside temp probably a few seconds after the cars idle dies down to normal idle and don't get into boost until its fully warm.

 

[alexrex20]

My car is rolling down the driveway before it's even running.

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[Jerickson88]

Depends. I usually start the car, settle in on Pandora and go. Takes about 3 minutes. I only let it “warm up” when it’s probably in the 40’s or below

 

[LILIKE16ST]

As mentioned earlier in this thread the car doesn't warm up to proper operating temp nearly as quickly as the stock gauge would lead you to believe. I have noticed it is reading halfway or 4 bars on the factory gauge when my accessport is only reading about 120 give or take. No need to sit idling letting it warm up just drive easy and stay out of boost till coolant temp is 180+ and oil temp is 160+. For those with no accessport I would wait a minimum of 5-10 minutes of normal driving after the car reaches 4 bars. You can kind of tell if you know your car well by how the car feels.