The car is a 1990 525i. Ive noticed that it gets up to operating temp rather quickly and i was wondering if this was normal. I will start the car in the morning, let it idle for about 60 sec and take off. About a mile down the road its already up to normal operating temp (12 oclock on the temp gauge). Is that normal? Ive never had a car get up to temp this fast. is it possible the previous owner installed a colder thermostat?

Thanks in advance

The car is a 1990 525i. Ive noticed that it gets up to operating temp rather quickly and i was wondering if this was normal. I will start the car in the morning, let it idle for about 60 sec and take off. About a mile down the road its already up to normal operating temp (12 oclock on the temp gauge). Is that normal? Ive never had a car get up to temp this fast. is it possible the previous owner installed a colder thermostat?

Thanks in advance
My 93 525i heats up rather quickly as well. I usually let it idle for about 5 seconds then drive off (obviously not flooring it) and about a mile down the road, full operating temp. I believe this is normal for these smaller l6 engines.

Great, that makes me feel better about it!

Thanks wolfstrong

whats wrong with getting up to operating temp that fast, haha its a good thing but just to let you know my 535 gets up to operating temp about the same distance just like a mile or so down the road

whats wrong with getting up to operating temp that fast, haha its a good thing but just to let you know my 535 gets up to operating temp about the same distance just like a mile or so down the road

My grandfather had one of those cursed subarus and the first thing that tipped him off to a blown headgasket was that he noticed it got up to temp much faster than usual. Since ive only had this car for a week, I dont know what usual is!! so i asked. Thanks for your replies guys.