how long to car warm up on a cold morning

[Josh@TunerLifestyle]

hi guys just wondering how long i should let my car warm up on these cold winter mornings! my water temp dosent work but will be buying after market one soon

an info will be helpfull

cheers josh

[whiteglanzav]

water temp gauge only really has 2 places it can be broke dude - either loose wires or broken wire from the thermo housing or back of dials.

why is it broke ? is it always off the scale hot when its only just ignition ? if so ittl be the triangular connector on the thermo housing

but if you want it to warm up either let it idle for 10 mins or after about 5 miles of driving + you will be able to tell when your heaters get warm

[Josh@TunerLifestyle]

it dosent come on at all the needle is just sitting below , so you think its a loose wire? yeh my drive to work is only 7 mins down the road on 40 mph roads , so just let it warm for 10 mins before i set off?

cheers josh

[durmz]

you dont need to warm up before you go anyway, there was big thread about it on tgtt ages ago, you just need to drive calmly for few miles

[whiteglanzav]

you dont need to warm up before you go anyway, there was big thread about it on tgtt ages ago, you just need to drive calmly for few miles

indeed

[Josh@TunerLifestyle]

thats good then i drive my baby soft on the way to work

[durmz]

then you be a ok man, but I really would recomend getting it fixed asap, first sign of trouble is that

[Josh@TunerLifestyle]

will have alook 2nite cheers for the info!