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10-30-2004, 11:16 PM   #1 (permalink)
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stupid question what is "YOUR" normal warm up time ? How long does your galaxie take to warm up? 1 min ?5 min or longer? [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]

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10-30-2004, 11:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Hmmm... mine takes about a minute for the choke to shut off and about 10 min to reach operating temp of 165deg at idle. At speed it takes appx. 5min to reach 165deg.

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11-02-2004, 09:05 PM   #4 (permalink)
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15 min. thats how long for mine. By the time it warms up I could have driven home from work [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]
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11-02-2004, 09:08 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Do you have to wait for it to warm up before you can drive it?

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11-02-2004, 10:41 PM   #6 (permalink)
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no not realy it idles kinda rough in gear and high in nuetral, but she drives ok once she warms up she purrs.
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11-03-2004, 08:38 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Sounds good!!

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11-03-2004, 03:52 PM   #8 (permalink)
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460 - no choke - no tstat = 10 minutes.Put a tstat in and cut it down to 5 minutes.
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