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Most of the car manuals for the last few cars I've owned (VW Passat, Kia Rio) all state to avoid excessive idling in general. Cylinder wash from unburnt gas at
by officeplant 5y ago
Most of the car manuals for the last few cars I've owned (VW Passat, Kia Rio) all state to avoid excessive idling in general. Cylinder wash from unburnt gas at idle as the car warms up being the main culprit in engine damage. It rarely gets below 20F or so here so at most I start the car and give it a few seconds to get oil moving and once I see the revs come down its careful sub 2.5K rpm driving as the car warms up.
- Lanolderen 5y agoWeren't the excessive idling warning introduced as an emissions thing? Correct me if I'm wrong. Just did a little search and found a nice compilation of user manual info regarding startup procedure [1] and they all pretty much go on about wasted fuel. [1]https://info.ornl.gov/sites/publications/files/pub61263.pdf https://info.ornl.gov/sites/publications/files/pub61263.pdf