ages to warm up

[mazter2001uk]

hi all, i have recentley been noticing that my car takes ages to warm up, i dont floor it till its upto tempature (90), my mate has a lcr and this warms up in half the time and when mine is warmed the needle stays a millimeter over 90, why

 

[mazter2001uk]

help

 

[Leigh15]

Just over 90 degrees is normal - that's not a problem

It could be a sticky thermotat that's causing the slow warm-up time

 

[ChrisGTL]

Overfilled engine oil?

Mine doesn't start warming up till I use the 2.5k-3k rev range. Then its straight upto temp.

 

[wackyracer]

if its cold sometimes mine never gets more than about half way between o and 90 c. I have now traced this back toa faulty thermostat - was staying open all the time!

 

[googies]

Where is the thermostat based? mine doe take a while, not excessive but just for future notice.

 

[dan__smith]

Overfilled engine oil?

Sounds about right!

 

[traumapat]

hi all, i have recentley been noticing that my car takes ages to warm up, i dont floor it till its upto tempature (90), my mate has a lcr and this warms up in half the time and when mine is warmed the needle stays a millimeter over 90, why

dont floor the car mate when it hits 90. its coolant.
oil takes a good 10 mins to heat up to operating temp.

 

[sheffboy]

10 minutes seems a bit excessive to me.

modern engine oils arent like they used to be

 

[traumapat]

10 minutes seems a bit excessive to me.

modern engine oils arent like they used to be

fit an oil temp gauge as i have... it takes much longer to heat up than coolant. when coolant hits 90 your oil may only be around 20-40c ... modern oils fair point but im not ragging mine until its at normal operating temp.

 

[richybigman]

Mine takes about 10 mins to get to full race temp

 

[Big_daddy]

Mine stake a good steady 10 mins for the temp to hit 90

 

[mazter2001uk]

does anyones needle stay just above 90??

 

[traumapat]

yes mines a bit over 90. 91-92. as long as it stays the same its ok.

its when it hits 120c and an alarm sounds you need to worry

 

[lofer]

does anyones needle stay just above 90??

When mines up to temp the needle sits about 1mm past 90 I’ve always put this down to the needle not being on quite right. Id be shocked if this was for any other reason!

 

[ChrisGTL]

Mine jsut sits above 90 too.

1-2 degrees aint gonna do much harm.

 

[hughes86]

mine takes about 10-15 mins to warm up. Sticky thermostat?
tdi 150

 

[Leigh15]

No - the TDI's take a little while to warm up - nothing to worry about - my Ibiza used to take about this time.

It's due to the efficiency of the engine - they don't produce much heat - at idle my Ibiza couldn't even keep the heaters hot if the fans were on full blast

 

[highguyuk]

Mine is running smack bang on 90 ... it's good to see

 

[Mike Green]

Yeah mine is always smack on 90 degs. Varies - in the cold snap we have just had it takes near on 10 mins to warm up, but usually no more than 5 mins with revs below 3k.

Obviously if you are stuck in traffic and not really revving the car atall this will take longer to warm. I would say anything over 10 mins to hit 90deg is a bit too long, there may will be little probs as discussed above already.