Why does my car take 10 minutes to warm up?
An older car with a larger engine may take 5-10 minutes of driving to warm up. The engine warms up faster under load, when it burns more fuel, for example, when driving uphill. Turning the rear window defogger or heated seats also adds load on the engine and helps it warm up faster.
Why does my car take forever to get warm?
Your heater core can fail, and signs that it’s doing so include no heat, excessive window fog, coolant leaks under the dashboard, low coolant, your vehicle overheats, and you smell coolant inside the vehicle cabin. If your heater won’t heat up, your heater core may be the culprit.
Why does a car run when it’s cold?
While cold, the ring-cylinder mate is tight, keeping the combustion gasses from blowing by and allowing the engine to run.
What should I do if my car misfire after warm up?
Misfire after warm up. Runs great when cold. Has new engine new plugs wires injectors when starts misfiring can shut down start back up and runs fine until a few minutes then starts again. have the same problem? This sounds like you have an intake valve that is leaking. Can you do a leak down test to confirm the issue? This guide can help as well.
Why does my Dodge Ram run till warmed up?
When starting truck cold, it runs perfect. After truck warms up starts to idle bad, and also starts making a loud suction noise like a vacuum leak. There’s no vacuum leak ,the noise comes from the throttle body. If I turn off the truck and turn back on , it starts up fine till 5 min. later when it starts all over again.
What happens when your car gets up to temp?
Heat causes electrical resistance in a circuit or component to increase. If you have a bad component that may have a bad internal connection, the increase in temperature could cause a voltage drop in the component. Also, heat can cause a crank position sensor to act up if it is starting to fail.