who lets their D's warm up?

bobby95m3 · #1 11-24-2005, 05:39 PM

first off let me say hi, i am new the this forum and i hope to be around here for a while. i have a 00 Durango 5.2 with about 60K miles on it. (no modding besides a trans cooler) i use it as my daily driver and an occasional haul of a traier with my other car on it. so my first post is:
who lets there car warm up before driving it? (like let it idle for however many min before actually taking off) i ussually turn it on, let it idle for about 1-2 min, then take off and dont give it full throttle till my water gauge is past the cold mark.(oh yea and i dont put on the heat untill it is warmed up if that makes a differnece) how fast does the oil heat up in ur guys cars? does anyone have a oil temp gauge? how hard is it to install one of those?
thanks
Bobby

Digitoxin · #2 11-25-2005, 12:56 PM

I always let my 03 Durango warm up a few minutes, unless its 100 degrees out side.
I go by the temp gauge. no oil temp in mine.

Kensai · #3 11-25-2005, 03:05 PM

I always let my D warm up for the first minute or more no matter how cold or how warm the environmental temperature is before I drive off my driveway. I want to make sure my engine is well lubed within the first minute idle. If your engine sits overnight, most of the oil gets dripped to the oil pan and the first minute startup puts the most stress on the engine as you are idling with no oil lubing its internal parts.

As far as cold weather goes, my D starts to blow warm air on my first 1/2 distance travelled so that is pretty quick warm up for the 5.9.

clemson725 · #4 11-25-2005, 10:36 PM

All that matters is that the oil has made it throughout the motor. If you've ever primed an oil pump you know that doesnt take long at all. So just a few seconds on a running engine to get everything nice and oily.

hydrashocker · #5 11-27-2005, 06:40 PM

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ORIGINAL: clemson725

All that matters is that the oil has made it throughout the motor. If you've ever primed an oil pump you know that doesnt take long at all. So just a few seconds on a running engine to get everything nice and oily.

I agree, although;

If you have a air bubble some were or your oil check valve is bad or none at all it might take about 30 sec or about 1 min to fully get to your upper rockers and lub them. Now if it is real cold outside then your oil is sluggish then it should sit for a small bit to properly warm the oil to flow normal and protect the upper and lower parts of the motor.