engine races when cold

[psievers]

Is it normal for the (turbo) engine in the 09 CX-7 to race when I start it up cold? If I don't let it idle for about a minute or 2, it jerks when I shift into reverse to get out of the garage.

 

[TheMAN]

its normal
its to warm up the engine as fast as possible... you can start and go, but it's not recommended... just wait a minute for the idle to go down before you go!

 

[SeCX-9]

Yeah. I noticed that on my wife's 09 CX-7. It starts and rev's pretty high, but calms down after a few seconds.

I was worried at first, but it seems to be normal operation.

 

[psievers]

thanks

Great....I was hoping I would not have to go to the dealer for that. I just got the car a month ago.

(drive)

 

[JCell]

yep, normal because if it were to idle cold it would run very rough

 

[adscft]

My '07 usually calms down (to ~ 1k) after about 30 seconds, so I decided not to wait this long every single time.

Yeah. I noticed that on my wife's 09 CX-7. It starts and rev's pretty high, but calms down after a few seconds.

I was worried at first, but it seems to be normal operation.

 

[erhayes]

My CX7 starts at ~ 2,200 RPM. after a few seconds I tap the accelerator and it drops to ~ 1,500 and slowly drops to 900 when I shift into gear . I get no joy in abusing my cold transmission by, dropping into gear at 2 K RPM because I am impatient or too important to care.

 

[hectik1]

It is normal!(dunno)