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Old 23-06-2019, 02:18 PM   #10
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Default Re: Just a Survey: How many Kilometers Your Focus has Done?

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Picked up this demo car about 3 weeks back.I really enjoy driving it.Noticed that idle rpm on a cold start is at 1250 and it takes about 3-4 minutes of idling to drop to 750.Is this normal on this model?

The engine is calibrated to run at a higher load when started so as to get the catalytic converter hot as quickly as possible. This is normal operation.
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