Warm up question

I have a 21 SR just bought it 20k miles. Just curious it’s my first truck I traded in a Hyundai for it. Hear me out. This may be a dumb question but just want some assurance. Typical morning is about 50-60 degrees my Tacoma fully warms up in 10 minutes I feel like it’s also slow on cooling down. Not sure if something to be watching out for or if it’s a typical thing. Anyways thanks for reading

 

Just drive it, you’re fine and that’s normal

 

Depends.

Idling? Normal amount of time. Driving? It takes a solid three minutes of city streets to reach operating temperatures.

At 50-60, just start and go. No need to idle it.

 

Noticed same thing on my truck. Never had a vehicle that takes that long to get to operating temps.

I guess it means that the cooling system is overbuilt for this engine, which is good.

 

Non-turbo vehicles really don’t care too much about warm up. At least in the temperatures that you’re talking about.

If it was 40 below, that’s a slightly different story.

 

FYI the temp gauge only indicates coolant temps. Oil temps take a bit longer to get there.

 

I can tell you my 2020 v6 seems to take forever to warmup vs my last tundra, and other 4wd older toyota pickups owned.

 

17 minute drive to work in the morning and in the winter I'm half way there before the engine and cabin is fully warmed up. I start to feel some heat after about 5 minutes of driving. I never idle it longer than it takes to get buckled in and get the radio adjusted before I start driving.

 

I’m the same as Taco Mike…I’ve found in all my vehicles it warms up quicker going down the road than sitting in the drive anyway. IMHO warming in the drive was more of a carburetor era thing to get the choke opened up, modern day vehicles need it much less, except as pointed out with turbo variations.

 

It's gotta be -40 for me to sit around too long before I drive away in the winter. By the time I pull out of the garage and make sure the garage is closed, I slowly drive away and let it warm up on the drive.

6 years old and still gong strong!!! (The truck, not me)

 

i hear ya, typically ten minutes is wayy to long for a warm up. I personally let my truck warm up for 30 seconds , then i hit one stop and two lights before i go in the freeway.

 

I'm parked outside all year. Same as others. 30 second to a minute and I'm off driving easy at first. Long warm ups are a waste of gas unless it's in single digits I never do that and then just because it's too uncomfortable to wait outside.

 

it's fine,,,, especially if idling, warm up times will be significantly longer.

 

Cylinder wall wear is said to be greatest while driving with a cold engine. But excessive idling does it no favors either. The happy medium certainly is somewhere in between.

Generally I let it warm for a minute or two (maybe 3-4 minutes if its near freezing), then drive gently until it's up to temp, then drive normally. It seems to have worked well for me on an old Ford 2.9L V6 w/340K that doesn't burn oil* and still easily passes CA emissions testing.


*well it burns a bit of oil off the exhaust manifolds each time after being parked for a week or longer because I'm too lazy to change seeping valve cover gaskets. lol

 

The coolant is being circulated to warm the oil and the ATF, so the coolant takes longer to warm up.

Idle ~30 sec for oil to circulate, then drive away taking it easy on the revs.

 

My exact same experience on all counts.

IOW... normal.