Is It Necessary To Warm Up The Car Engine In Winter

The use of the machine in winter is always an increased load on components and assemblies, and one of the most loaded components is the engine. With the onset of cold weather, disputes flare up among motorists about whether it is necessary to warm up the engine. We asked the opinion of our users, and then we found out what the experts think about it.

Users: you need to warm up, but not for long

More than 5 thousand people took part in the survey on the website of the Auto.ru Journal, and this is what they answered to the question "Warm up or not?"

More than half of the respondents warm up the car engine, but not for long - no more than five minutes. And almost half of them do it for just a couple of minutes, after which they start moving.

Every fifth driver heats up longer - from 5 to 10 minutes, and only every tenth driver does not start moving until the power unit warms up to operating temperature. But is it right?

Experts: warm up, but there are nuances

To figure out whether it is necessary to warm up the engine in winter, and if so, how to do it correctly, we talked with expert Mikhail Khodos, director of the Honservis engine repair technical center and the author of the KhodosAvto YouTube channel. But in order to finally answer this question, let's briefly understand the basic terms.