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DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: batsbats on January 16, 2009, 02:52:00 PM

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: batsbats on January 16, 2009, 02:52:00 PM

My first winter with the car.

I usually let it warm up for 1-2 minutes each day before driving off.  Shifting around 2.5-3k, it takes about 5-6 minutes after driving off.  So about 6-8minutes each winter day.  It's about 25-35 degrees this month.

I believe I have a bad tstat though.  

What about you guys?  State the ambient temps too!

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: tjts1 on January 16, 2009, 06:04:00 PM

Forever and a day. Remove the clutch fan in the winter. It helps.

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: Meister on January 18, 2009, 11:23:31 AM

During winter mine takes about 3-4 minutes driving after 1min warm up.  During spring/summer usually about 3-4min driving.

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: sennasixty8 on January 20, 2009, 10:05:51 PM

Quote from: tjts1;64832

Forever and a day. Remove the clutch fan in the winter. It helps.

how exactly did you do this?  I've got a stuck tstat, and norcal winters aren't that cold lately...   I'm only 1.2 miles fr the freeway, and a 10 mile commute at fwy speeds equals 1/8th on the temp gauge.

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: xwill112x on January 20, 2009, 10:22:50 PM

allen wrench on the fan. i think theres 4 allen bolts..?
there on the front of the fan, easy 3 min job...just remove the shroud first

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: twright on January 21, 2009, 07:13:22 AM

Taking off the bolts to the fan is too hard.  I just took off the big nut (1.25"?) that holds on the whole fan assembly.

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: tjts1 on January 21, 2009, 09:54:31 AM

Quote from: sennasixty8;65076

how exactly did you do this?  I've got a stuck tstat, and norcal winters aren't that cold lately...   I'm only 1.2 miles fr the freeway, and a 10 mile commute at fwy speeds equals 1/8th on the temp gauge.

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Just remember the threads are backwards. So righty loosy, lefty tighty. A sqirt of liquid wrench or even WD40 on the thread helps a lot.

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: xwill112x on January 21, 2009, 11:54:04 AM

i thought removing bolts was easier....

ohwell...everyone is to there own opinion..

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: gearheadE30 on February 01, 2009, 08:14:00 AM

Electric fan FTW :). Mine, with the electric fan, takes almost 20 minutes. The fan never comes on in the winter. This is to get to normal summertime operating temps though.

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: carlos318is on February 02, 2009, 10:17:48 AM

Mine takes about 3miles or 4-5 mins

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: roundel318 on February 04, 2009, 02:46:43 PM

I can get my stat well into the blue after 10 min of idle at ~20 degrees F.

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: ///M3 on February 24, 2009, 01:29:21 PM

My car takes roughly 8 minutes or so, but the outside temp is around 10 degrees.

Title: It's Cold, It's Winter, How Long Does your M42 take to Warm Up?
Post by: Voluted on February 24, 2009, 03:05:01 PM

15-20 minutes in -25C which is around -13F