HI everyone i was wondering what the score is with warming ur fd up i let mine warm up for around ten minutes is this nessecary or can i drive it sooner.
cheers duff
You can start it and drive straight away, just keep the revs lower than 3k til warm. More oil is circulated by gentle driving than letting it stand.
cheers pal nice one thought u dint hav to sit there for so long
cheers duff
Give it at least a couple of minutes after the temp gauge reads normal temp as the oil and water temps are still not at proper operating levels yet. ;)
Fish
i\'ll normally let mine run for about a min, i\'ll then keep the rev\'s <2000 rpm if i can till it\'s warm.
i usually try and drive a good few miles at low revs before thrashing it !
at the end of the day i rather drive slowly for a bit than spend 3K on a new engine ( remember the oil advert .. OWWW WWWWW WWWWWW WWWWWW WWWWWWWW WWWWWWW when he revs it from cold )
and dont use the temp gauge as an indication - as water heats up quicker than oil
i usually wait until it reaches normal operating temp ( water ) and then do a few miles ( mins ) more to make sure
and duff - are you gonna come to the north west meet ( bank holiday monday ) ?
Stu
i find the 2nd turbo doesnt kick in properly until i have warmed it up for about 4 miles
yeah i might do where is the north west meet help i live in middleton
ant
its just off junction 21 at mascrat manor ( warrington )
based on i have no idea where you live - i dont know if its near you !!
im about 25 miles away - so not that bad :)
its not that far to b honest mate i will b able to find ok i would think do alot of people turn up for the meets?
ant
well its a japuk meet ( i think ! )
so there is usually about 30 cars there ( ish )
but as far as rx7\'s go ....
eerrrrr there can be anything up to about 8
so the more the merrier really
the only thing i have never seen there is an 8 and a 1st gen
there is usually 1 or 2 2nd Gens and the rest 3rd
its not a bad night usually - probably better now the weather is getting nice ( and the clocks have changed )
hope to see you there then !
Stu
What date is Mascrat again?:confused:
hiya matey !
it should be the 12th
in fact - yup its the 12/04/2004 - will you be coming ?
not that it has anything to do with warming up an FD !
I plan to come and if it goes to plan (like this thread hi-jacking) then I\'ll be there!!:D
Sorry, I don\'t make much sense when I\'m tired (Michelin/Avon/Dunlop, etc):wave