I searched and didn't find anything so I'm assuming there is no good way of doing this. But is there anything you can do to get your car to heat up quicker in the winter. I have a cav and its under freezing about 90% of the time here. By the time I get to where I want to go, my car just finally started blowing hot air.
remote starter? start it 10 minutes before you leave
common sense says, start it, go back inside and wait 10 mins.
yes, I hear napalm heats it up very quickly.
engine block heater. plug it in at night come out start it up and wait a couple minutes unplug it and your good to go.
John Benham wrote:yes, I hear napalm heats it up very quickly.
White phosphorus works quicker.
If I really want to warm up my car before driving I just start it 10 min before I need to leave.
John Benham wrote:yes, I hear napalm heats it up very quickly.
i hear it works quicker with a body in the car. apparently they are good conductors of heat.
Oh I forgot to mention that I start my car at 7:00am and leave at 7:10am.
i start mine for 10 mins every time (in winter) before i leave. or try to drive in lowest gear possible. like when in city around 30 mph leave it in 2nd
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I'd rather just take a blanket then waste gas like that. I was just wondering if there was a different coolant or if you could do what they do with diesel trucks or something. I'll just get a block heater.
waste gas really for 10 minutes wow
8 psi with m62 and IAT under 100
tyler wojo wrote:I'd rather just take a blanket then waste gas like that. I was just wondering if there was a different coolant or if you could do what they do with diesel trucks or something. I'll just get a block heater.
Step 1) Go to dept store, get something that comes in a big box
Step 2) Enjoy your new purchase
Step 3) Use cardboard from box to block off half of the radiator
Now while this may not fully accomplish what you are wanting, a block heater will not solve the problem. The purpose of a block heater is to keep the oil from getting too thick in the cold weather, not to preheat the coolant.
Diesel trucks have those grill shields/aprons/whatever they are called to keep excess cold air out of the engine bay since they rely on the heat from the combustion chamber to ignite the fuel.
if 10 minutes of idle is wasting to much gas for you.............get a schwinn
tyler wojo wrote:I'd rather just take a blanket then waste gas like that. I was just wondering if there was a different coolant or if you could do what they do with diesel trucks or something. I'll just get a block heater.
you dont waste hardly any gas at idle. if it concerns you so much, wake up 10 mins earlier then and start the car.
^^ Good to know
... Guess that's what one gets when the only vehicles sold in your geographical area are diesels...
By wasting gas I meant drive around in second gear with my rpms up. I start my car exactly 10 minutes before I leave each day. It does nothing to help the heat out. After a while it heats up but deffinatly not like it did last year or in most other cars.
Would covering the radiator help in a gas car? I'm not familiar with how a car even disperses hot air safely into the cabin.
tyler wojo wrote:By wasting gas I meant drive around in second gear with my rpms up. I start my car exactly 10 minutes before I leave each day. It does nothing to help the heat out. After a while it heats up but deffinatly not like it did last year or in most other cars.
Would covering the radiator help in a gas car? I'm not familiar with how a car even disperses hot air safely into the cabin.
Sheltering the engine bay (ie. blocking off the radiator) will keep some of the cold air from passing through the radiator while driving. This will prevent overcooling situations and allow your car to warm up faster during the drive you take 10 minutes after you start it up.
Cover no more than 2/3 of the radiator, and the block must be on the driver's side of the radiator.
I had to do this last month... the Griffin rad is a little too efficient in winter time LOL
If you start it and let it run for 1-2 minutes and then drive normally how long does it take to start blowing nice and hot??
I have driven often in temps as low as -40 C in Alberta and Saskatchewan and my car still gets nice and hot within 3 or 4 minutes...
If its not getting hot in a few minutes you may have problems. Heater core maybe...
Sit in the car and raise the RPMs at idle instead of going back inside..
How about just grow some balls and and not be such a pussy? Put on some more clothes. We have consistently had days below zero, with one day a high of -20 and -50 wind chill. This next week looks to be another week of highs near or below zero. It's really not that bad....
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I have a remote starter. good, inexpensive investment. Also, it shouldn't take your car that long to blow heat. I start mine about 10-15 minutes before I leave in the morning and It's at operating temp, and the inside is toasty warm.
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