Moveon

[Aurion 09]

Hiya folks. Greetings for 2011 !!

Someone told me to leave the car on idle till the revs come down to 1X1000. When i start up for the first time for the day it revs upto 1.5 sorta. Which is the best approach?. Since that i keep the car started and idle for a good minute or 2 for it to settle before pulling out. confused... I'm running on BP ultimate.

cheers and TIA

[DJKOR]

Welcome to the forum. This has been discussed before. Search is your friend:

Morning Starts

Cold Start - Rev start and start at 1500 rpm

V6 Engine revs When Cold

Letting engine idle for a while on a cold start

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Toyota recommend that you start driving immediately without letting it sit to warm up. This stems from emissions mainly I would guess, but there is probably other factors at play here like having a load on the engine etc.

My recommendations would be to start you car then when the revs drop to around 1000 RPM or lower and the temperature needle moves onto the scale, then you can start driving it. This should take around 30 seconds to a minute from a complete cold start. Once you start driving just try not to get your revs high (I usually stay below 2500-3000 RPM) and within about 5 minutes, it should be warmed up sufficiently. It's easier to do if you have some suburb to drive thought as you leave your house.

Just for reference on some of the extra noise on the normal Aurion's:

Aurion takes forever to warm up

[eviltwin]

any of my 4AG's i gave a few minutes to at least get a little temp into as they are a dog of an engine cold... my 2ZZ gets a 30 second idle to ensure full oil pressure is reached... once that occurs just drive it prim and proper..