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Originally Posted by SVOboy
I'm running an almost total grill block, but I can still make the 5 mile drive to the library without having the car get warmed up...Today I took my mom's car while mine was torn up and from the library it warmed up in about a mile of driving!
Needless to say, I wonder why my engine is so slow to heat up and how I can fix it. Should I just run a complete grill block? Are they any other tricks besides that and the block heater? Does anyone else have a similarly slow-to-warm car?
Thankz!
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Maybe its time to replace your thermostat. Some times when the thermostat fails, it doesn't close all the way increasing warm up time.
Most temperature gauges are not llinear so it might show only 1/4 when the engine could be at almost 90% of normal operating temp.
cheers
Justin