Oldsmuggler

You da man

Butters_33

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I usually let my truck for 10 minutes, or until the idle comes down to around the 1500 mark.

ns_redneck

I let mine run until the revs come down to normal. Mabey a couple extra minutes if it's in - 15 territory

Platinum T.C.

I always warm up my Truck in Cold weather.
My 2014 Lariat & my 2012 FX-4, traded in because of hail damages, has the Re-mote start. I have it set for 5 minutes.
I've heard it only takes a couple of minutes to warm up. I also believe that statement may have come from someone who thinks I should be driving an electric car to save on Fuel.
A cold engine has cold oil. Who ever said don't rev it up is correct. Let it warm up before you Rev up.
A warm engine is a Happy Engine in Winter weather.

Toddman38

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**** that, you can have the cold weather!

AK49FordTruck

I park in a 70F garage at home so i typically hit the remote start on my way out there (separate garage from house) if its parked outside 15-30mins in the winter..i really hate that the longest run time you can do with the factory is 15mins. On my other trucks i have Viper systems and the run time is set to 40mins. I refuse to get into a cold truck haha


in the summer i just start and go...unless its hot and i let the remote start run and cool the truck down.

akmedic77

Let's all think about where we live and how cold/warm it gets before we start to judge [MENTION=37776]vozaday[/MENTION]. My truck sits for extended periods of time at low temperatures down to -10*F. It takes it 15-20 minutes before I even want to move it. Takes just as long for the truck to come down to idle after sitting that long in the cold. Don't start asking maintenance; the vehicle is meticulously maintained and monitored. It's been winterized for the cold as well.

johnday in BFE

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I come from diesels as well, and still play with the big ones. I'll start any of my gas engines, and let them idle for a minute or two, to let the oil pressure come up, and circulate, before I move them. Are they warmed up? No, but I'll drive them easy until the temp gauge shows something. It's a good 5 miles to the main road, so by the time I get there, I feel safe to accelerate normally.

vozaday

I know this only retains to the Eco's out there, but I also take the turbo's into consideration when warming up. Thats why I give it a large amount of time because those little suckers spool up fast and with very little throttle input. I like for the coolant and oil to be warm to allow for consistent thermo expansion. Maybe that is a bit OCD of me but I work with steam and gas turbines quite often and they always require a good amount of warm up. Yes they are a lot larger than the turbos (and may have tighter clearances) but they also only spin at a fraction of the rate.