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200tdi warmup time
Dixie:
How long should i be allowing for my 200tdi to warm up in the mornings?
Silly question I suppose, but I have replaced my temperature gauge and now the Donkey seems to take twice as long to show any movement on the gauge.
Generally, should I be warming up the car to full working temp before I set off or can I warm it for 5mins and then go? I have always taken it easy when setting off but wonder if I should be spending more time letting it get up to temp.
What's the norm?
Mark_Solesbury:
Both my old 200tdi and my 300tdi seem to warm um quite quickly..
When driving, the needle starts to move within a couple of mins of driving, and it sits ever so slightly above half on the dash.
It takes an age if its on tickover, so i normally just set straight off
POTASH:
id be out of fuel if i wated for mine to warm up :lol:
Disco-Ron:
Why wait for it to get warm...... as said above, they take an age to get warm on tick over, i just start mine, let it idle for a few moments, then drive gently til it's warmed up, then hammer the hell out of it......!
Dixie:
LOL, yeah I'm always thinking of that valuable fuel being spent on warmup. I generall give it about a minute and then set off on an easy start.
I'm puzzled why the change of gauge would change what is being shown. I don't know about the internals of a temp gauge but I would have thought it had a "sender unit" which it was just getting the info from. Is that right?
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