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Old 12-22-2010, 06:00 AM   #30 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Originally Posted by KITT222 View Post
To heat the engine faster, I don't turn on the heater. I realized that the heat that goes into the cabin is sucked from the engine, so it can't warm up. I've done that just today, and the engine got to it's normal temp quickly, as opposed to not at all.
I think this depends on a few parameters - engine type and size, outdoor temperature, how much heat you want/need, etc. A few members here have reported no or negligible difference, while in my idling experiment turning the heat from OFF to MAX dropped the coolant temperature from 65°C to 55°C (149°F to 131°F).
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