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Wow. This is unreal. The OP says: > In a blog post on its website, Smart Motors Toyota says letting your car idle in cold temperatures can shorten the life of
by amluto 4y ago
Wow. This is unreal. The OP says:
> In a blog post on its website, Smart Motors Toyota says letting your car idle in cold temperatures can shorten the life of your engine by stripping away oil from the engine’s pistons and cylinders — two critical components that help your engine run.
> via VERIFY
Great, they got some kind of content from somewhere else. Let’s follow the link to verifythis.com:
> Yes, warming up your car before driving in cold weather can damage the engine.
> In a blog post on its website, Smart Motors Toyota says letting your car idle in cold temperatures can shorten the life of your engine by stripping away oil from the engine’s pistons and cylinders
There’s even a video!
Let’s click the actual link to smarttoyota.com:
> Warming up your vehicle can actually shorten the life of your engine, by letting your vehicle idle in the cold you are actually stripping away oil from the engine’s pistons and cylinders each time you do this. While you may wonder where this myth came from since it’s not true, it’s because it was once based on facts. Jake Scheafer the Service Director at Smart Motors’ says before cars and trucks were equipped with fuel management systems, they relied on carburetors and simpler fuel system management which did need significant time to warm up.
Hint: next time you make a video based on some other source, try reading at least two sentences.
OTOH, the bar seems really low for ChatGPT to emulate the capabilities of these websites…
- dang 4y agoIf someone can suggest the best URL for this topic, we can change it again. (It was even worse before.) Edit: we changed the URL from https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/weather-verify/warming-up-your-car-in-cold-weather-winter-can-cause-engine-damage-fact-check/536-8bf406d7-194c-4ca0-a06d-d1d56006e5d9 https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/weather-verif... now, to the article suggested by timmaxw and semi-extrinsic.
- genewitch 4y agoamazing, the entire premise is false.
- Jordrok 4y agoI think you're misunderstanding. The "myth" being referred to in that third link is that it's beneficial to warm up your engine by letting it idle for a long time. This was previously true for cars with carburetors, but is no longer useful for modern cars. The idea that idling the engine for an extended time after a cold startup can cause damage is correct, and that idea is consistent in all three articles you're referring to.