All,

Been wondering when it was safe from a cold start to open my Scooby up, but I haven't got the luxury of having a oil temperture guage.

On average how long should I wait (in minutes) before the car is warm enough to have fun I understand that it's a hard question to answer, but would appreciate some input ? Someone with a oil temp. guage should know

Cheers in advance, Phill C

PS Been waiting for temp guage to go past half way and the heater to be warm on a cold morning.

 

Phill
The standard water temp gauge goes to normal very quickly, but the oil temp. takes much longer. I try to avoid taking it into boost and exceeding 3000rpm until the oil temp. has reached at least 60c which can take 3-4 miles of morning traffic or approx. 12-15 mins.
Normal running temp. for the oil is around 80c climbing to 100c+ in jams I never accelerate hard after being in heavy traffic, but take it fairly steady until the heat soak in the intercooler has dispersed.
JohnD

 

JohnD,

Thanks for that, well I'll take it easier in the morning and when stuck in traffic (never thought about this before) in the future. I knew the temp. gauge wasn't a good indicator to be honest.

Oh well, better get a centre clock pod and a couple of nice guages, so I will be able to tell what's going on.

Cheers Phill C

 

Babs ,

As John says, the standard water temp gauge is useless for telling you when "you have permission" ( ), to thrash it

I don't go above 3000rpm until I reach 80 degrees ( c ) which is about 15 mins of driving on average. If it's all city type driving then this is sometimes 20 mins.....

You *do* need to get some gauges ( ), I don't know how I managed before. New Age Motorsport do a luuuuurrrrrrrvvvlllllyyyy set of Defi's in a pod for about £450 - you know you want to

Matt