Warming Up Engine Before Driving And About RPM

[salmanrasheedpsh]

Oil pressure is really high on cold start? On cold start oil just wants to stay in sump and need a bit of time to get to top of engine and the oil on cylinders bores is washed by fuel due to running rich when cold so cold start = less luberication

May be I am wrong but I have oil pressure gauge in my TLC 80 series and it's in the mid when started in the morning and as it warms up it gradually comes down , and goes up on high rpm driving , noticed same in my friend's TLC 100 series !

[SER_GTR]

As far as I know it's a myth just like revving the car few times before turning the engine off.It maybe true 20 years ago but not anymore.Driving cold your car won't give you full performance but it doesn't do any damage either.

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Try That On Any Rotary And You Will Regret....Similarly....Try Driving Car In Extreme Cold Temp Mostly In Winters And Starting Revving It And You Will Find Out In Couple Of Months What Went Wrong...

Engine Along With Lubricants Need To Get To Desire Temp In Order To Properly Perform....You Just Dont Hit Them Right From Cold Start

Its A Common Practice Of People To Start Car And Revv It Full Upto Almost Redline And Start Driving......! This Is Worst You Do With Your Engine....

Warming Up A Bit Actually Let Engine To Maintain Proper Oil Pressure And Lubrication To All Parts To Ensure Less Friction/Wear Of Moving Parts...!

You Wont See That But Its Actually Have Direct Relation With How Long Your Engine Remain Healthy

[kashifjaved86]

warm up 30 seconds in warm whether and 1-2 minutes in winters, than drive steadily until cold engine light goes off or temp gauge if present reaches middle position.

There won't be a temp sensor and tepm light in wagon R, and no one temp gauge in WR so be happy with nothing. Pak suzuki try max saving and nothing for customer....

[mehran]

I too faced this issue as in my Honda City there is only a blue light which shows engine is cold. I browsed the internet and did some research which led to the fact that modern engines only need to be warmed up for 30 seconds and then can be driven safely at normal speeds and also ensuring that no undue stress is put on the engine (no 'racing' the engine or accelerating rapidly).

So just relax, start the car, run the engine for about 30 seconds then drive off slowly and steadily:)

[m_kaisar]

carby cars needed to adjust temp before run. efi cars i.e. injector based like wagon-r dont need to be.

[huraiz]

Try That On Any Rotary And You Will Regret....Similarly....Try Driving Car In Extreme Cold Temp Mostly In Winters And Starting Revving It And You Will Find Out In Couple Of Months What Went Wrong...

Engine Along With Lubricants Need To Get To Desire Temp In Order To Properly Perform....You Just Dont Hit Them Right From Cold Start

Its A Common Practice Of People To Start Car And Revv It Full Upto Almost Redline And Start Driving......! This Is Worst You Do With Your Engine....

Warming Up A Bit Actually Let Engine To Maintain Proper Oil Pressure And Lubrication To All Parts To Ensure Less Friction/Wear Of Moving Parts...!

You Wont See That But Its Actually Have Direct Relation With How Long Your Engine Remain Healthy

You maybe right but I was talking about modern engine and yes cold car won't give you optimal performance but it won't do any harm either.
But of course all this depends on descent driving ,red lining your car won't take you far in any circumstances.

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[SER_GTR]

You maybe right but I was talking about modern engine and yes cold car won't give you optimal performance but it won't do any harm either.
But of course all this depends on descent driving ,red lining your car won't take you far in any circumstances.

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Its A Good Practice To Start Car And Let It Idle W.o Any Throttle....In Extreme Cold Weather You Need To Do It For Atleast 3-5min

Theres A Reason Cars Are Set To Idle High On COLD......!

[Baleno1300]

Maybe technically it's not required, but it still feels good to drive off when the engine sound and RPM are stable.
Just feels right.

[huraiz]

On the side note,here in England if you leave your car to warm up there is more chance of you loosing your car. Every winter there are dozens of cases where someone simply jumped in n drove off.

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[usman_arooq2]

There won't be a temp sensor and tepm light in wagon R, and no one temp gauge in WR so be happy with nothing. Pak suzuki try max saving and nothing for customer....

there is an overheating light, and that is all a common driver needs in a modern vehicle. it is not like wagon r is based on a car of late 90s era with temperature gauge which looks analogue but in reality is wired to be dummy to indicate maximum 3-4 positions(all cars' temp gauges are like that except German or premium ones, even over a change of 10-15 degrees if the temp is in normal operating range, gauge remains in middle).

[Fahad.Ayub]

There won't be a temp sensor and tepm light in wagon R, and no one temp gauge in WR so be happy with nothing. Pak suzuki try max saving and nothing for customer....

Means Honda must've made a fortune for not giving analog temp gauge since 2003

[Xulfiqar]

there is an overheating light, and that is all a common driver needs in a modern vehicle. it is not like wagon r is based on a car of late 90s era with temperature gauge which looks analogue but in reality is wired to be dummy to indicate maximum 3-4 positions(all cars' temp gauges are like that except German or premium ones, even over a change of 10-15 degrees if the temp is in normal operating range, gauge remains in middle).

The red temperature light was the standard in 1940s and 50s- it used to be called the temperature "idiot light" - it was a given that if that light illuminates while you are driving along, you just toasted the headgasket in your engine and most probably other stuff too.

The light is ancient technology - Honda removed the gauge from their cars to save some money, they also know that their buyers are least concerned about engine temperature - for their current buyer the car should look fabulous, have some VTEC and a nice radio. Who cares about engine temperature - thats the job of the workshop.

[Fahad.Ayub]

I did that in my City
The light starts flashing once the temp is above 119?C

[Xulfiqar]

get in - start the car - dont jab the accelerator like your dada abba (grandfather) told you he did on his vauxhall, morris or VW beetle that was always out of tune and didnt want to start even if offered rishwat.

If the engine is carburettor equipped, pull out the choke, crank the engine without touching the accelerator pedal, as soon as it starts push the lever half way back for the engine to fast idle at 1200 rpm or so and drive off gently, when the engine temperature is stable push the choke back in.

in EFI its even simpler, start without touching the accelerator, as soon as the rpms shoot to fast idle, you can smoothly drive off - drive gently till the temperature registers correctly - this ensures your engine is now at good thermal operating temperature, the oil is at good temperature and the transmission oil (if auto) has warmed up.

idling it wont quite help unless you live in skardu in december.

[omer0785]

get in - start the car - dont jab the accelerator like your dada abba (grandfather) told you he did on his vauxhall, morris or VW beetle that was always out of tune and didnt want to start even if offered rishwat.

If the engine is carburettor equipped, pull out the choke, crank the engine without touching the accelerator pedal, as soon as it starts push the lever half way back for the engine to fast idle at 1200 rpm or so and drive off gently, when the engine temperature is stable push the choke back in.

in EFI its even simpler, start without touching the accelerator, as soon as the rpms shoot to fast idle, you can smoothly drive off - drive gently till the temperature registers correctly - this ensures your engine is now at good thermal operating temperature, the oil is at good temperature and the transmission oil (if auto) has warmed up.

idling it wont quite help unless you live in skardu in december.

Thank you for ur detailed reply. But what does "RPM shoot to fast idle" mean?

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[aamirahsan89]

Thank you for ur detailed reply. But what does "RPM shoot to fast idle" mean?

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When it comes to 1100

[syedhasan92110]

I once asked this question from a person and what he said was funny. And I quote "Suppose you wake up from bed and instantly start running there will be chances that you might not be able to see properly and hit ur head against a wall and fall down. If you yourself cant run after directly getting up from bed how do you assume your car to continue to perform good when it is cold"

And that person was me

[meaziz99]

Question: Does wagon-R VXL indicate engine cold light?

[armuskhan]

no there is no need to warm up engine through idling its a waste of time and fuel.
the best way (and also according to wagon R manual book ) to warm up car is, start the car wait for few seconds and then drive slowly in low gear (1st or 2nd) for a short period until the car gets warm enough and then drive normally

[scarfase]

aik misal urdu me, Q K urdu me maza ai ga: jab bunda subha so kar utha ta hai toh kiya uth tay he kam karna shooroo kar deta hai ya pehlay thora jamaia or angrayian leta hai, or baki subha ki tayarian: same goes to engines, what so ever engine type is, warm up is recommended to keep your engine healthy. thanks.