warm up times

[advance]

hi guys
my tdci 90 takes forever to warm up,ive had a new thermostat,flush out the cooling,taken the rad off and flushed out ,flushed out the heater matrix but found nothing wrong??
do they all tend to be slow warming up??? or is it mine???

cheers

[lightning]

It depends what you mean by "forever".....diesel engines tend to warm up slower than petrol engines. I have a new Transit Connect and taking my wife to work in this cold weather (about 25 minutes/6 miles mainly in traffic) it's still not got up to full operating temperature. Also driving throughout the day on fairly short journeys with stops of about half an hour it rarely reaches full operating temperature at all.

[Mike]

I can't see why a Connect would be different to a Transit, mine's blowing hot air from the heater by the time the heated seats turn off. About 6 minutes IIRC.

[advance]

my 2.4 rwd blows warm air after 5 mins,just as im getting to my daughters school,the connect is luke warm when i get back from the school run???

[sport110]

Takes my one about 6/7 miles to reach running temp

[lightning]

Sorry I should have been more specific. The heater works pretty quickly, within a few minutes. It's the temperature gauge that takes it's time to move up to normal....6 miles. Same as the guy with the Sportvan above.

[belly]

mines the same! about 6/7miles to start thinking about getting warm connects seem to have a lot of engine oil for a 1.8

[madmark]

guys its a focus type thing , i had a focus tddi and it was a nightmere in the cold wether ,also had a smiley transit and that was crap as well,unless on a long trip it never warmed up!
i dont think there is a fix for this