Idling bad?

[IminDiegoTriick]

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1650/eight-facts-about-warming-up-your-car-in-winter/

Really?

[ak-]

yea i guess idk.

[b*saint]

I let my car warm up till it blows hot air. I let my ninja warm up till the needle starts moving. I've seen the insides of engines and I like to let the oil get hot before I start moving. I don't care what "they" say.

[Stanley Rockefeller]

With modern synthetics, and the tech in oil, there's no reason to idle a motor anymore.

[b*saint]

With modern synthetics, and the tech in oil, there's no reason to idle a motor anymore.

Prove it.

[IminDiegoTriick]

So.. synthetic oil you can wait 10 seconds and be good on a cold ass night?
So.. petroleum oil you should wait 60 seconds? lol

[geezerman402]

The e30 manuals actually say to start it and then go, while staying at a lower RPM until the engine warms up. Idling for anymore than a minute, or for any purpose other than defrosting the windows, is pointless.

[Need4Speed1299]

"Idling = gasoline-rich mode." Never heard of that mode. I get the concept of it, but come on. I only warm up my car when its below zero, so Im not freezing my ass off for 20 minutes. Otherwise, I just "get in and go" as they say. And no shit driving warms the car up faster, who would have guessed otherwise?

[Raxe]

Yeah okay, I want to see them live in -22F and idle their car for 10 seconds before driving in the morning. :roll:

[5Toes]

With modern synthetics, and the tech in oil, there's no reason to idle a motor anymore.

If you run a 0W oil. 20W takes a while buddy

[5Toes]

It doesnt matter whether its dino or synthetic oil, just the oil weight

[IminDiegoTriick]

So depending on your oil weight.. of course its a thicker mix might take longer to squeeze through the motor. I dont know I just dont trust yahoo news lol

[5Toes]

Yes. Currently no oil available is the right viscosity for your engine before it warms up. 0W is as close as it gets. This is why I would be interested to see how these M20's perform on a 0W40 oil.

This will help - http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/cms/in...d=81&Itemid=92

[imsotyerred]

anyone who trusts yahoo news for car advice is a dimwit

There is no fucking way that your car uses more gas idling for more than 10 seconds than starting back up

that whole article was written up by uber-green people and, thus, cannot be trusted

[Dozyproductions]

anyone who trusts yahoo news for car advice is a dimwit

There is no fucking way that your car uses more gas idling for more than 10 seconds than starting back up

that whole article was written up by uber-green people and, thus, cannot be trusted

they're all cylons trying to kill us slowly. agreed.