Warm up time

[aldive]

How long does it take your truck to reach operating temperature ( oil temperature and tranny temperature )?

Of course it will depend on ambient temperature.

 

[Willard]

Right now it takes about 7-8 minutes to get there all the way. It is around 20 degrees outside right now....I also run a colder t-stat which needs to be changed, it takes longer than it should to warm up.

 

[aldive]

I measured mine earlier today.

On a two mile ( each way ) run to the grocery store, my oil temperature reached 118 F and the oil temperature got up to 78 F with the ambient temperature at 65 F.

 

[storlied]

15-30 Minutes at -45... -_-'' Hate driving my truck when it's that cold, power steering is all stiff, so are the brakes.. Something is going to just snap one of these days..

 

[aldive]

How are you guys measuring the temperatures?

 

[Willard]

Nothing scientific, my tranny works differently when it's at normal operating temp, so I can tell that. Other than that I go buy the water temp gauge.

 

[storlied]

The gauge with the lil H and C on it.........
And... when I feel warm air come out of the heater.....

 

[aldive]

The gauge with the lil H and C on it.........
And... when I feel warm air come out of the heater.....

I see; however, the question was about oil and tranny temperature.

 

[storlied]

Well, what's that lil gauge for?.... o.o

 

[Willard]

Well, what's that lil gauge for?.... o.o

water temp, and nothing else. It is however relative to the oil and tranny temp in some way.

 

[aldive]

The water temperatures comes up much faster than the oil and the tranny fluid.

 

[storlied]

Aldive is correct, oil and tranny fluid is a lot more dense than water.

 

[Bill Kemp]

Why dont you ask who has a tranny & oil guage?
Cause if you dont have one this question is just bait.
Happy trolling al.

 

[aldive]

Why dont you ask who has a tranny & oil guage?
Cause if you dont have one this question is just bait.
Happy trolling al.

Thank you for your valuable and informative contribution to this thread.

Happy New Year.

 

[Donner]

I'm going by engine sound...

RPMs drop to below 1000 after about 1 min, maybe 1.5 minutes... I figure the engine is saying "Ready."