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      11-14-2018, 01:04 PM   #1
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Winter Warm Up & Vibration

Started the car the other evening after about ~2 weeks of not driving it in about 30 degree weather - I gave 1-2 mins of warm up via low speed drive to the highway entrance, low RPM, before getting on the highway (~60mph, nothing crazy)

On the highway, the entire car was vibrating from what I assume was the engine trying to warm up, is this normal? Once the oil warmed up and got to temp, this stopped. Moving forward I'll wait until the oil temp gauge starts moving, but was stunned as I've never owned a car that needed thicker than 30 - 5w50 is in the M3 now.
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Wouldn't hurt to visually inspect your engine mounts. Mine were beyond toast and I've since had no vibration whatsoever from the engine, even when cold now that I replaced them.
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Started the car the other evening after about ~2 weeks of not driving it in about 30 degree weather - I gave 1-2 mins of warm up via low speed drive to the highway entrance, low RPM, before getting on the highway (~60mph, nothing crazy)

On the highway, the entire car was vibrating from what I assume was the engine trying to warm up, is this normal? Once the oil warmed up and got to temp, this stopped. Moving forward I'll wait until the oil temp gauge starts moving, but was stunned as I've never owned a car that needed thicker than 30 - 5w50 is in the M3 now.
Mine did the same thing for about a week and when stopped at a red light, the whole car started to shake and I thought the whole car was going to shut off but after I started driving, it stopped instantly and was fine after a minute. I had my driveshaft replaced shortly after due to damage but I doubt they are connected. Sorry to scare you with that, not my intention
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Wouldn't hurt to visually inspect your engine mounts. Mine were beyond toast and I've since had no vibration whatsoever from the engine, even when cold now that I replaced them.
thanks, i'll be sure to take a look

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Mine did the same thing for about a week and when stopped at a red light, the whole car started to shake and I thought the whole car was going to shut off but after I started driving, it stopped instantly and was fine after a minute. I had my driveshaft replaced shortly after due to damage but I doubt they are connected. Sorry to scare you with that, not my intention
yea, likely not - it just happened once, when i drove it in the morning after being in a ~50 degree garage, no issue.
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Wouldn't hurt to visually inspect your engine mounts. Mine were beyond toast and I've since had no vibration whatsoever from the engine, even when cold now that I replaced them.
This. These cars definitely go through engine mounts - I've seen people showing them looking pretty toast at 40k miles. It's a big, angry engine so that might be your issue.
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You sure it wasn't the tires being flat spotted and cold from the 2 week hibernation? I've had interesting vibes from tires cold like that before.
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You sure it wasn't the tires being flat spotted and cold from the 2 week hibernation? I've had interesting vibes from tires cold like that before.
That's my guess as well.
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hand't considered that, as it was only two weeks but that's possible as well.
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I know for a fact my car vibrates due to the tires. They hate cold weather these high performance “ Summer “ tires
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I’m thinking tires too. If you plan on driving in the cold frequently I would recommend a set of AS 3+ tires. Even when warmed up, the summer tires in addition to being hard will be slick in 20-30 degree temps. Yeah you can get from a to b but any kind of performance driving can be dangerous.

Your best bet for warm up is to drive it under 3000 rpm. If you just let it idle until oil gauge starts moving, you could be waiting a long time at 30 degrees.
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I know for a fact my car vibrates due to the tires. They hate cold weather these high performance “ Summer “ tires
ok - then that's probably what it was, i'm on re71rs.

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I’m thinking tires too. If you plan on driving in the cold frequently I would recommend a set of AS 3+ tires. Even when warmed up, the summer tires in addition to being hard will be slick in 20-30 degree temps. Yeah you can get from a to b but any kind of performance driving can be dangerous.

Your best bet for warm up is to drive it under 3000 rpm. If you just let it idle until oil gauge starts moving, you could be waiting a long time at 30 degrees.
thanks, these tires got stored in my basement on sunday - i was just taking out the car for one last event, they've got all seasons on them now but i'm going to probalby store the car anyway
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My car does this - it's the tires. To combat it, I keep the pressure at 35 throughout, and that makes it go away. Check your pressure.
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I love how tail happy my Ventus RS4s are when cold. Almost did a powerslide with a cop in the opposite lane
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