Hedonism

Do you warm up your engines before driving ?

How long during winter days ? How long during other days ?

EZ-BAKED

for sure in the winter and intill the watter light goes off

L4rry_B1rd

in winter yes, in summer just a little...

THE_DON

For a few seconds to let the idle settle... But it never really gets that cold in SoCal.

I also turn the key to "ON" for a few seconds before turning it over. Helps the ECU "get ready"

-THE DON

superboxcarxb

i usually wait until the idle is at normal idle speed then i take off! like the blue wonder!

CHPRBOX8

i pull the car out of the garage sit for a min or so then go as long as you take it easy till the blue light goes out you should be fine

jct

i just start it up and drive away maybe change a cd before i take off unless theres snow on my car i start it up and clean the snow off...

OldYeller

There have been threads before on this subject.........I drive away slowly until the light goes out and then go for it. I was taught it was better to let the oil flow rather than to idle.

Hedonism

I am new hence the thread

ShowTimeXB

I follow the same method in all my vechiles...however, I usually let it idle for about 5 mins..like in SoCal-AZ is warm...winter mornings are about 40 degrees.

Persocon

owner's manual says not to warm up in idle

Hedonism

Are you sure ?

Quote a page dude, or a direct quote.

This goes against everything I was told for years

Persocon

page 146 right hand column towards lower middle part
"Engine should be warmed up by driving, not in idle. For warming up drive with smoothly turning engine until engine coolant temperature is within normal range."

take grammar errors up with Toyota Corp lol
mine is 2006 xA owners manual

Hedonism

Damn. I will look at it.

Thanks for the heads up

Persocon

I heard somewhere the oil pressure isn't suffice when idling to warm up engine