How to warm up the engine faster without hurting it?

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12-22-2004, 02:59 AM

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i wouldnt recomend the "diy" ones, unless you know EXACTLY what you're doing. also, if you use the diy remote start, you have a good chance of voiding your warranty.

i have experienced this in my best buy days, not all of our installers were mecp certified, only 2 were. some warranty's the installer has to be certified or it voids the warranty.
Jim.

DEI does not require that the installer be an MECP certified installer, in fact Ive never read this from DEI, Audiovox, Alpine or Code Alarm in the 8 years Ive been installing. What have you read that? You do not void your factory warranty by adding a remote start to your vehicle.

<--- First Class MECP certified installer.

12-22-2004, 03:00 AM

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I warmed the engine 5+ minutes then start driving it to work. The heater is still cold until running over 5 minutes at 65 mph on highway(this morning, Temp is 20 degree ). Does it sound normal to you guys?

Yeah unfortunately that's the way it is with these cars. I wonder what temp the thermostat opens up at :?:

the xB t-stat is an 82c valve opening....
normal opening range 176 - 183 f

the full close temp is 171f (77c)

Thanks for the info

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12-22-2004, 03:38 AM

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car, not alarm, ke, or rs unit. we had a HUGE problem with a 04 lincoln town car.

12-22-2004, 04:40 AM

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i hope to get a remote start soon

12-22-2004, 05:37 AM

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I what also have a remote start and its awesome, except when I had the heat on to long on my way home and turned the air on. I had it blowing cold air in my car, it was so cold

12-22-2004, 11:50 AM

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Yeah unfortunately that's the way it is with these cars. I wonder what temp the thermostat opens up at :?:

the xB t-stat is an 82c valve opening....
normal opening range 176 - 183 f

the full close temp is 171f (77c)

Thanks for the info

any time Munch.....

12-22-2004, 11:51 AM

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I what also have a remote start and its awesome, except when I had the heat on to long on my way home and turned the air on. I had it blowing cold air in my car, it was so cold

my mom does that all the time....