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On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 21:03, Aaron Clow wrote: > --- Keith Park <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > > Ive set my chokes to stay open... and its 5 minutes > > before I can drive the > > car... in the Summer! > > Anyone know approx how warmed up a 71 FI is when the > engine slows down to normal idle? I usually sit in the > car with the engine running until the idle changes to > the low idle. It's usually about 2-3 minutes. Is the > engine "fully" warmed up at this point? > No, you need about 1 mile of driving to get to a reasonable temp. Depending on the ambient temperature. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org