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Warming up your car in cold weather can damage your engine. Here's what to do instead
FOX 10 Phoenix ^ | 12/23/2022 | Daniel Miller

Posted on 12/24/2022 4:20:36 PM PST by vespa300

The winter is already brutal on your car because of the conditions, but drivers can make things harder by turning on the vehicle to let it warm up before driving.

One thing some do when the temperatures are cold outside is to start the car and let the engine warm up a few seconds before driving. Several auto experts believe this may not be conducive to preserving the engine.

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KEYWORDS: bs; bull; causespollution; coldweather; engine; imwarming; startingvehicle; vehicleengine; worstexcerptever
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To: vespa300

No...the Car Talk guys actually did experiments on this and whether or not putting your headlights on before you start your car made a difference!


61 posted on 12/24/2022 5:02:36 PM PST by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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To: SPDSHDW

80s era high school auto mechanics lessons have not been totally forgotten.

Giving oil a chance to flow is a long time habit.

Today I took a couple of short trips in the local burbs. A couple of miles total.

Even after I got home and letting the engine idle for another 10 minutes, my temperature gauge never got halfway to normal.

Around 18 degrees at the time.

Tomorrow is an actual long round road-trip.


62 posted on 12/24/2022 5:03:44 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: Drew68

It’s total BS. Car Talk rules!


63 posted on 12/24/2022 5:03:47 PM PST by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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To: Revel
It also not a good idea to drive around with ICE and frost on your windows.

Truth.

Scraping the windows damages the glass and does not clear them well.

You're not doing it right.

Modern ice scrapers break the first time you use them anyways.

False.

Cold drivers are also more likely to make mistakes as they shiver.

Do you live in Florida? That's absurd.

64 posted on 12/24/2022 5:04:07 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: wally_bert

Unless you live on the on-ramp to I-95, there’s no benefit to warming up your engine.


65 posted on 12/24/2022 5:04:24 PM PST by Babba Gi
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To: Drew68

It seems like you almost have to let it warm up for several minutes to get the windows defrosted.


66 posted on 12/24/2022 5:04:30 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: vespa300

Yeah it’s climate BS disguised as car advice.


67 posted on 12/24/2022 5:04:31 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Drew68

So my kid is an OTR trucker. His semi is parked at a truck stop while he’s home for four days for Christmas. To prevent the diesel fuel from gelling, it will be idling the entire time.


68 posted on 12/24/2022 5:06:39 PM PST by cyclotic (Follow 1776rm.com. Fighting for our Constitution. @1776RM on Truth)
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To: vespa300

No.

Besides, I am warming up my car so the air is blowing hot, the seats are warm, the windows are defrosted or at least easy to scrape.


69 posted on 12/24/2022 5:07:01 PM PST by The Free Engineer
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To: vespa300

Fox10phoenix lol!
What do they know about frosted up glass and iced up wiper blades?
Then there is the frozen fingers from brushing snow and scraping the windows every morning at-10°F..that said, I give it 2-3 minutes before I move. (Minnesota)


70 posted on 12/24/2022 5:07:34 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE (It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
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To: vespa300

Sure.

They know it’s hard on your engine to drive as soon as you start an ice cold engine and not even let it reach normal operating temp,

but the quicker it wears out and dies the quicker they think we will buy an E.v.

Urinalists.

Spit.


71 posted on 12/24/2022 5:08:52 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Revel

When it’s really cold I remote start it and wait 3 minutes while it warms up as I finish my coffee.


72 posted on 12/24/2022 5:09:31 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: vespa300

Me too. Oops. There’s nothing in like getting into a toasty car.


73 posted on 12/24/2022 5:10:52 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Drew68
Yep   Just a bunch of climate propaganda.
The engine will warm faster being driven, which will allow the heat to turn on sooner while lowering your fuel costs, and reducing emissions, according to the Department of Energy.
Along with the disclaimer from the TV Station:
This story was reported from Washington, D.C.

74 posted on 12/24/2022 5:11:51 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: vespa300

Let it idle down so it doesn’t jerk into gear unless a south wind is blowing and then a little longer to smell my E85 mix


75 posted on 12/24/2022 5:15:47 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: vespa300

When it is -10F and I have to walk 200 feet to my car in 25MPH winds I am going to remote start and let it idle for at least 10 minutes.


76 posted on 12/24/2022 5:17:44 PM PST by LukeL
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To: higgmeister
Along with the disclaimer from the TV Station: This story was reported from Washington, D.C.

Yeah, I tried to chase down who exactly Daniel Miller at Fox was. Unfortunately, it's a pretty common name and while I narrowed it down to a few suspects, I couldn't for certain pin this article on them.

77 posted on 12/24/2022 5:19:02 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: cyclotic

“To prevent the diesel fuel from gelling, it will be idling the entire time.”

Sno-Cat Fuel Conditioner By CleanBoost® Stops Diesel Fuel from Gelling Down to -44° F.


78 posted on 12/24/2022 5:19:22 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: vespa300

Hemi 5.7 cam/lifter failure has been laid off on insufficient engine lubrication when idling. Recommendation is to start and drive.


79 posted on 12/24/2022 5:21:45 PM PST by yetidog
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To: vespa300

We warm the vehicles up for about 5 minutes in really cold weather. It doesn’t hurt them.


80 posted on 12/24/2022 5:22:35 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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