opinion(s) please re 1st start up in morn , what you guys do re getting engine "ready" do you let it idle for a while or pull away soonest , ta 4 advice.
my dwiesel audi hates driving when cold, it has to get up a steep hill from home and its worse than an old tranny if its cold... a few mins on the drive warming up and its a different beast.. ive always thought a few mins warming the oil and letting things expand before puttin engines under load is a good thing.. thats what i do...
if it's real cold my van needs a bit for the transmission (auto) to warm up... serious, it seems you have to rev the tits off it to pull away if you try when it's cold, a few minutes ticking over and it's fine.
I might pull my chokes out, I am having a few issues with my sparks coking up with soot. It may be something wrong with the main jets (although my dad said they had been rebuilt)
drive off straight away for me. I think my choke goes off a little too quickly and I have no warm air preheat, theres a period in cold weather a few minutes after startup and until I've gone a few miles when the engine will die when stopping at junctions and traffic lights, I slow down to about walking pace with the brake then put my foot back on the accelerator can come to a halt using the handbrake.
I always let any vehicle tick over for a little while before driving, just to let the oil get to where it's needed.
