Hi all,

I have a MK6 Fiesta, How long should I sit there for on a cold morning to let the engine warm?

I wouldn't worry about sitting there. Just take it easy until it is up to temperature and don't go above 3k etc

Ah okay that's what I normally do anyway until the temperature of the oil is up to the normal temp.

It's probably coolant temperature on the gauge in you Fiesta isn't it?

Top left? I always thought this was oil but I may be wrong lol as I don't have a scooby doo about cars haha.

Yeah I'm pretty sure that's coolant/water temp. My Focus has both and the one in the instrument cluster has a similar logo to yours and that is the water one:

In the gauge pod you can see the oil one has a little picture of an oil can:

IIRC the oil always takes slightly longer than the water to get up to temperature. Oil sits at 1/3 up the gauge when up to temperature and water at halfway.

Ah okay. Well they say you learn something new everyday. Looks like I just have :P

Haha well it sounds like you're doing the right thing anyway and taking it easy until it's up to temperature! :)

Yeah things just don't feel smooth with a cold engine!

With my mk6 you kind of know when it's properly warmed up because it starts to accelerate super smooth, normally about the time the gauge moves, it seems to be a fiesta trait of the engine to tap a little bit when started from cold for about 30 seconds. And that is 100% a coolant gauge on the fiesta, in my experience you will only get an oil temp gauge of you have a turbo so that you don't blow it up if there is a problem.

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That is for coolant, as above you're unlikely to see anything these days with a oil temp that isn't turbocharged or a 70s supercar.

Just keep it low revs because you have to bare in mind gearbox oil would still be cold when engine is warm and that could do damage with hard acceleration etc on a freezing cold 'box