330e Petrol engine warm up

Gavlar2019 · 08-15-2020, 07:47 AM

Hi
I’ve had my 330e since last November, but I can’t find a quick way to warm up the petrol/combustion engine, apart from leaving it in Sport mode or driving over 30 miles. I don’t find Adaptive mode makes it any quicker, then when I try to choose some extra acceleration it comes up engine cold. Does anybody know a different way other than leaving it in Sport mode ?

Thanks

mofomat · 08-16-2020, 05:52 AM

Maybe set battery control for 100%, so it retains all the charge?

I don't have a 330e yet (due in October), so maybe I'm not understanding that function correctly.

Gavlar2019 · 08-16-2020, 08:48 AM

That’s not a bad idea, I know it’s defaulted at 80%. Although my perception of it was in was in conjunction with the BMW Navigation system, which maps out where to best use the electric, when the M25 is going is messed up for my journey home it starts using the petrol engine much sooner on my journey , saving the electric for when I’m going to be stuck in traffic further down the motorway. It’s definitely worth a try though, thanks

Rhino at Work · 08-16-2020, 12:33 PM

Not trying to hijack the thread but...

I've often wondered with PHEVs whether you could have a scenario where a stone cold engine fires up at quite high speeds - perhaps if you set it to only use electric and the batteries run out.

Doesn't feel like it would be too good for the engine. Is there something to stop this happening?

Gavlar2019 · 08-16-2020, 02:19 PM

Not at all

The auto box has prevented it for me a couple of times when I’ve wanted to open the car up, put it in sport mode, put my foot down and it comes up on the dash “Cold Engine” and only, gives you a very limited amount of power. Which is why I started this thread as it can be frustrating if you choose to put your foot down and the full power isn’t at your disposal.

I would say with the scenario your talking about Ive had it when it changes it over to hybrid mode (using both engines) before the electric range gets to zero, but when it happened to me it was around the town, so low speeds. I would imagine with higher speeds it would change it over sooner to hybrid (using both) to compensate for the engine needing to warm up for the speed (the top speed in electric is 68 mph)

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mofomat Colonel 795 Rep 2,236 Posts Drives: Audi R8 V10, BMW 330e Touring Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maastricht, NL iTrader: (0)	Maybe set battery control for 100%, so it retains all the charge? I don't have a 330e yet (due in October), so maybe I'm not understanding that function correctly.
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Gavlar2019 Private 35 Rep 64 Posts Drives: BMW M240i Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: London iTrader: (0)	That’s not a bad idea, I know it’s defaulted at 80%. Although my perception of it was in was in conjunction with the BMW Navigation system, which maps out where to best use the electric, when the M25 is going is messed up for my journey home it starts using the petrol engine much sooner on my journey , saving the electric for when I’m going to be stuck in traffic further down the motorway. It’s definitely worth a try though, thanks
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Rhino at Work Major 727 Rep 1,274 Posts Drives: G21 330i Portimao Blue Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Yorkshire iTrader: (0)	Not trying to hijack the thread but... I've often wondered with PHEVs whether you could have a scenario where a stone cold engine fires up at quite high speeds - perhaps if you set it to only use electric and the batteries run out. Doesn't feel like it would be too good for the engine. Is there something to stop this happening? __________________ Current: Portimao Blue G21 330i Previous: EB F30 340i Shadow Edition Previous: EB F30 330d xdrive
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Gavlar2019 Private 35 Rep 64 Posts Drives: BMW M240i Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: London iTrader: (0)	Not at all The auto box has prevented it for me a couple of times when I’ve wanted to open the car up, put it in sport mode, put my foot down and it comes up on the dash “Cold Engine” and only, gives you a very limited amount of power. Which is why I started this thread as it can be frustrating if you choose to put your foot down and the full power isn’t at your disposal. I would say with the scenario your talking about Ive had it when it changes it over to hybrid mode (using both engines) before the electric range gets to zero, but when it happened to me it was around the town, so low speeds. I would imagine with higher speeds it would change it over sooner to hybrid (using both) to compensate for the engine needing to warm up for the speed (the top speed in electric is 68 mph)
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