It's normal.

 

It's called COLD START.

yes RPM goes up cause car need to warm up to function at optimum. The oil inside need to warm up to better lubricate.

 

It's called COLD START.

yes RPM goes up cause car need to warm up to function at optimum. The oil inside need to warm up.

+1
it depend on ambient temperature.
my cold RPM stay around 1000 and goes to 700-600 pretty quick, but I'm in TX and 50F morning considered pretty cold here...

 

Are you sure 1500-2000 is normal? 1200-1300 sounds more reasonable, but I live in Florida....

 

its normal. Its warming itself up.

 

Totally normal, i'v had cars go as high as 4k (in a v8!) when trying to warm it's self up in the winter, typically they go up and down if it is having trouble heating it's self, nothing to worry about

 

^ wow really? mine is v8 too and never see it warm up above #2

 

Yeah it was a good ol 80's fleetwood caddy, white leather interior, couch in the front seat and a small bed in the back! (think the one james may drove from Florida to Louisiana, but in 1000x better shape)

She always had a high-idle that got worse after my mechanic replaced the thermostat, but before that it would go up to 3-3.2 easily when there was snow on the ground, she really hated the cold i guess!

 

synthetic oil might help. this whole high rpm is really to warm up the oil.

mine is an '06 v8

 

What RPM do you guys let it settle down to before you start to drive the car?

 

My dad has always told me to let it settle to 1K RPM.
So I just check my Instagram and Facebook and Twitter (not in any particular order) while I'm waiting.

-Anthony

 

i don't like to waste gas idle. I roll slowly out of my neighborhood and it warm up a bit when I reach main street. A few more redlights and it's warm enough to hit highway.

 

Why the fear of the sound of an engine running?

The engine will still have oil in the needed areas.

Ask the women of the world if their sewing machine noise bothers them when it has been setting for a long time! -- a sewing machine only uses one drop of oil on it's moving parts and has a 25 year guarantee.

Just like a watch.

It doesn't take much oil to do the job in this world. We have been very wasteful with our oil and now modern appliances are showing us.

 

I had a carbureted Honda Accord that would idle at 3000 RPM when cold. Man, that thing was loud.

I give the car 15-30 seconds after starting, then put it in gear and drive. Warming it up is stupid and just wastes gas...unless you need to defrost your windows, just drive and take it easy on the car for 5 minutes before you push it beyond 3000 RPM. If you're cold, wear a coat.

 

^ you need to read up on motor oil to find out the reason why it's a NEED.

if it's so wasteful you can stop putting oil into your car.

 

There is no need. Oil - especially synthetic - does a fine job of lubricating when cold these days. Driving a car gently is the fastest method of warming everything up to operating temperature where the oil can most effectively do its job.

The emissions system and engine do not function efficiently until warmed up anyway. You are just wasting gas, creating more wear-and-tear on your engine, and polluting by sitting there with your car idling.

This isn't the 1970's anymore. Oil and engine technology has vastly improved.

Do some reading yourself.

 

^ you need to stop assuming and start learning. Don't assume all improvements are real improvements.

I do agree driving is the best way to get ALL fluids flowing. However it's not the fastest. Fastest is preheated oil.

 

Man, I love the people on this site. Ignorance is plentiful.

What are you saying? A block heater? Sure. Good idea if it's cold outside. For anything else, a 30 sec idle - 2 minutes while you're scraping off windows before driving is just fine in extremely cold weather.

Then drive at MODERATE engine speeds until the fluids have a chance to warm up.

These guys have it right (as always).

http://www.cartalk.com/content/should-i-let-my-car-idle-i-drive-it

 

^ the oil heater keep ur oil ready. idling the car is to warm up this oil. the heater already keep this oil warm therefore no need to idle, just go.

anyway, do whatever u want to ur car. i contribute all i know about cold start. i'm out. :-D

 

Looks like I am not the only one that has to defend themselves from people who bring out the Straw Man. :lol:

I agree with jblackburn. I turn my car on, setup my phone in my windshield holder, turn on the internet radio, start my blackbox video recorder app, and start navigation and then I leave. I don't sit for longer than about 30 seconds before taking off. If it weren't for me setting up my phone, I would leave right away.

When my engine is cold and with the RPMs high, it actually has enough idle power to get me out of my very steep driveway and to the entrance of my neighborhood before I even need to touch the gas pedal. (When warm and at normal idle, my car would roll down my drive way). My grandparents live in the same neighborhood as mean, so they call me a lot for tech support. When my engine is cold, I don't even need to touch the gas pedal at all to get to their house, lol. My car gets up to about 25mph in my neighborhood on a cold idle. If it was a manual transmission, I could get it even faster as I can put the car into a higher gear. With my old 6MT RX8, I was able to get it to 35mph on a flat surface on its cold idle, not ever needing to touch the gas pedal. (The RX8 had a high cold idle of 3-4K rpm because of the type of engine it had)

Some more expensive vehicles will lower the redline on the tachometer to let the driver know not to go above a certain RPM while the engine is still warming up. As long as you stay below that RPM, you are in the safe zone. As you drive and the engine warms up, the redline will slowly be increased until its normal level.

 

Some more expensive vehicles will lower the redline on the tachometer to let the driver know not to go above a certain RPM while the engine is still warming up. As long as you stay below that RPM, you are in the safe zone. As you drive and the engine warms up, the redline will slowly be increased until its normal level.

Older Camrys actually used to do that - they wouldn't rev past 4K on a cold engine.

I haven't tested the new one out, and don't really want to. My friend that owned that one was kind of an idiot - very mean to his car.