engine coolant light

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Hi, first of all, sorry if I am re-posting a question, but I did look around for quite a while and used the search feature but couldn't find any info so...

I've had my car for a few days now and I was wondering if it is normal that the engine coolant light stays blue for such a long time after I have started the car. I realize that it means the engine is cold but it's taking me about 10 minutes of driving before it goes off. Even if I let the car warm up for a few minutes before driving out. Is that normal?

[Mr Wilson]

It does stay on for a bit. Your car heats up faster under load, so just sitting at idle it'll take longer to warm up.

[McGuyver_3]

normal.
I had a rental versa and it did the same thing

[icebalm]

This is normal, don't keep it idle thinking the coolant will warm up, driving it will warm it up much quicker and you're just wasting gas idling.

[silverstarmazda]

i let the car idle until it lowers down to about 1000rpm. then i drive it smoothly until it reaches temp. then i drive 10 minutes after that before i hammer it lol. i want to make sure ALL of my fluids are up to temp, not just coolant.

[Booter22]

tip 1. read the manual. then when you are done. wait 1 day and then read it again. it has alot of answer. but yes the light should be on when cold off when normal and red when really hot.