Key cycling question
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Key cycling question
Yesterday i got in my 04.5 after being at work all day (10hrs) turned the key on let it warm up, and then after the light shut off, i cycled the key i think 3 more times to make sure it is good and warm and i guess after cycling the key 4 times, on the message center (where the odometer shows) it showed "done" and then showed a couple lines... and counted down... What did i do?
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also, it seems like it takes forever for it to get warm... I will start it up and normally let it idle for maybe 5 mins and then i take off.. granted i only live maybe 5 miles from work.. i normally keep the rpms somewhere around 2k to try to get it to normal running temp... I stuck a piece of cardboard infront of the radiator to help, but it seems like it still wont get to 200.. it normally gets up to about 140 by the time i get to work.. I know it is bad for them to run cold so i am trying to avoid it but i just cant figure it out
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also, it seems like it takes forever for it to get warm... I will start it up and normally let it idle for maybe 5 mins and then i take off.. granted i only live maybe 5 miles from work.. i normally keep the rpms somewhere around 2k to try to get it to normal running temp... I stuck a piece of cardboard infront of the radiator to help, but it seems like it still wont get to 200.. it normally gets up to about 140 by the time i get to work.. I know it is bad for them to run cold so i am trying to avoid it but i just cant figure it out
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When i came to work as someone had posted above, To keep my blower fan on low and on low heat at first, as before i had it full blast on the hottest setting and it would never get warm.. Now this morning, i left the heater off and set it on mid setting and it was at 200 right before i got to work!!! So i guess it was just OPERATOR ERRRRRORRRRR