Warming up the engine

Do you guys let your truck "warm up" before getting into and taking off?

My new one seems to be idling high after I start it up in the mornings.

Thanks

 

No never have.

 

Not really, no. I just drive easy for the first 5 minutes or so.

 

nope. wastes gas.

 

Nope, the manual even states you do not need to. I try to avoid heavy acceleration till it's at temp though... but sometimes I'll make a poor judgment getting into traffic and blow that out of the water for taking it slow at start...

 

No warm up for me.

 

I dont warm it up either, unless its a really cold day, but that will be mostly warming up for me.....then again it never gets that cold here in Atlanta. I do notice it idle much higher when its not warm....not sure why that is

 

Almost all new vehicles idle higher when they are cold to allow the engine to get to operating temperature faster. It also helps get the emissions components hot so they clean the exhaust better and pollute less.

 

I let her run for 20-30 seconds, really just enough time to buckle up and set the radio.

 

I park it in my garage so I warm it up from the time it takes me to walk out to get my newspaper and back, which is about 30 seconds. On cold days, I might let it run for a minute at most.

 

Same - I give it a brief amount of time to warm, but nothing more than 30 sec.

I find when driving, the truck gets up to operating temp. quickly. My iron block car takes forever.

 

Cool!

My last vehicle needed some time to warm up to get the idling down.

Im just new to the truck and dont want to mess it up.

 

It only warms up as long as it takes me to put on my seatbelt and put it into gear. I drive like a grandma most of the time anyway, so I don't have to worry about taking it easy at first.

 

Got a remote starter.so i just turn it on before putting on my shoes it takes about 20 secs.on the winter time, about a minute of warm up.

 

I let mine warm up all the time usually about a minute then mostly about 5 minutes when it gets cold here and when i start up my truck i let her idle down before putting her into gear

 

I was surprised by the high idle when I bought my truck, but it turns out to be normal.

No need to warm up truck, just drive easy until normal operating temp is reached.

 

I normally start the truck and finish doing whatever it was before I realized I had to leave, normally long enough to let the air blow cold. Heat index of 108*

 

in the winter I warm it up, but thats because work is so close there isn't time for it to warm up on it's own by the time i get there.

i usually give it 30 seconds in the summer

 

On my 'Yota Yaris there is a green dash light that resembles a thermometer. It stays on until the engine gets to operating temp. It was a big topic on the YarisWorld site. It confused alot of folks 'cause they would wait for that light to go out before they started driving. So much for reading the owner's manual.