Transmission designed for 10-15 min cold start delay - Toyota Yaris Forums

kenora · 12-03-2009, 08:08 PM

fwiw...I bought my 09 Yais auto in Feb and drove through several weeks of -35c to -40c weather before spring crawled up to the 50th parallel.
Mine works as already described... (I park in an unheated/unattached icebox of a garage).
I start moving right away, no more than 30 seconds of run time and use the mile or so to the connector street as an opportunity to "slowly" get the engine/drive train up to temperature, yes the cold temp light is on for this.
I'm in D and note the tach shows that its shifting around 2500 or so RPM and will go no further than 3rd gear till about 20 - 30 seconds after the temp light goes out, indicating that the engine has warmed up to at least 54c, by that time I am getting some pleasant but not exactly warm air out of the vents.
The car has fully warmed up and is shifting into D and putting out hot air by the time I have gone 3 miles or so (say 10 minutes into the commute).... but hey... this is at -35c to -40c. And no I haven't mixed up Celsius and Fahrenheit.

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12-03-2009, 08:08 PM	#1
kenora Drives: 2009 Yaris LE 5 dr Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kenora. Ontario, Canada Posts: 45	fwiw...I bought my 09 Yais auto in Feb and drove through several weeks of -35c to -40c weather before spring crawled up to the 50th parallel. Mine works as already described... (I park in an unheated/unattached icebox of a garage). I start moving right away, no more than 30 seconds of run time and use the mile or so to the connector street as an opportunity to "slowly" get the engine/drive train up to temperature, yes the cold temp light is on for this. I'm in D and note the tach shows that its shifting around 2500 or so RPM and will go no further than 3rd gear till about 20 - 30 seconds after the temp light goes out, indicating that the engine has warmed up to at least 54c, by that time I am getting some pleasant but not exactly warm air out of the vents. The car has fully warmed up and is shifting into D and putting out hot air by the time I have gone 3 miles or so (say 10 minutes into the commute).... but hey... this is at -35c to -40c. And no I haven't mixed up Celsius and Fahrenheit.