How to warm up your classic car engine the correct way & why it matters | Tyrrell's Classic Workshop

After months of teasing and promising this episode, it's finally time for Iain to share his wisdom on the matter that so many of you have been asking for, namely how to correctly warm up your classic car. Iain does his best to condense a wealth of information down into a manageable-sized episode so whilst he may not be able to cover the intricacies and quirks of every vehicle in existence, he can at least explain the underlying science behind why it is so critical to warm your car correctly. And with the aid of some cars in the workshop, he demonstrates some examples of the main techniques that will help warm your classic car engine in the best way possible. 00:00 - Introduction 00:59 - The importance of warming up correctly 02:10 - The oil journey 07:52 - Example 1 - Engines with a manual choke 10:41 - Example 2 - Engines with carburetors - the theory 13:25 - Example 2 - Starting up the Miura 14:18 - Example 2 - Conclusion 15:08 - Example 3 - Engine revving too fast from cold 16:31 - Example 4 - Modern engine management systems 18:49 - Outro This video was brought to you by Aston Lark - https://www.astonlark.com/tyrrellsworkshop Supported by Eurospares - https://www.eurospares.co.uk/ Filmed and edited by Whipp3dCream - https://whipp3dcream.com/ Interested in purchasing a classic car? Check out Iain's guides with Supercars Monaco - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEuvc72CwG8dJ-Fr6nH4jUw Follow Iain on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iain_tyrrell/ Follow Iain on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Personal-Blog/Iain-Tyrrell-Moments-2241519122747338/ --- IMAGE ATTRIBUTION: Autoviva (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMGengineGenevaMotorShow.jpg), „AMGengineGenevaMotorShow“, crop by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Added 15 Jun 2026