E30M3

My car has the suggestion to stay below half revs (4000) until the oil is 122 Fahrenheit or more on the oil temp gage. The water is fully warmed up to about 80 C for about 3-5 minutes before the oil is up to temp. The oil warms up faster if the revs are up but still in the allowed range. This is due to the pumping energy. Cars warm up faster under light load compared to idling.

Stan

S2K_CLS

One of the few thing I miss about my C5 Vette is that the Drivers Information Center could show you all kinds of nice readouts, among them OIL TEMP. A good indicator of when to get on it Also, the stock volt meter helped me diagnose a bad battery. Thats a different story in itself...

Why cant Honda give us a full set of gauges?
You'd think that with the digital dash, they could make it user selectable.

That would be an awesome mod...

song

dbw,

You must really love that Bugatti. I had a carbureted Ferrari once. That thing drove me crazy how the idle changed everyday. It was like an adventure everytime you heard a new sound emanating from the engine.

I'm with you, push the red button and go! I do try to be gentle until I see three bars. But that doesn't take very long, maybe a minute or two. My car is garaged and it doesn't get ridiculously cold in California in the mornings.

Luis

Makes sense to me too.

I must be the only owner that for the first 60 seconds after pushing the red round button (or more, if I can afford the time), keeps the engine at 3-4Krpm in neutral. That get's me through the most stressful part of the warmup cycle the fastest and with the minimum load.

I remember reading this procedure in the manual of an old Rover owned by my father, with the exact same explanation Skarv posted above. Metalurgical properties of up-to-date alloys may not be the same they used to in old brit cars, but you never know and old habits die hard.

(The only drawback is the puzzled expression on my passenger's face. Some question me, but most say "never mind" when I delve into explaining dilation coefficients of engine alloys! )

wanabe

i drive immediately, but do keep rpms low until 3 bars- then she performs!