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Originally Posted by muleears
I think mine is taking a little too long. This morning it was 23*f and it took the car 12+ minutes to reach 80*c. How long does it take the rest of you? I ordered a new thermostat anyway.
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It it normal in the cold for it to take 10-15 minutes to reach operating temps. Don't forget these are reasonably efficient engines and you are heating the cabin, the fuel and the washer fluid with that coolant. If I drive around town it takes about 15 minutes for my car to get to operating temp when it is 20-30F out...so yours is normal. I also had changed my T-Stat and the new one is exactly the same.