There is one other point which was neglected by this article. When you start a cold engine the automatic choke keeps it running at a fast idle which, logically, warms it up much faster than a warm weather idle.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] To idle, or not to idle > This brings up a very good question. > > I constantly warm up my wife's car, especially in the winter. > > According to this article, this is not a good thing to do. > > The problem I see is that if I don't warm up my wife's car, the kickback > when the car goes from park to drive is pretty hard. At to that, the car > actually stalls if it isn't warmed up by the time she switches gears. > > Granted, I've always driven domestic cars all my life, and this is the > first > import, being a Honda Accord from 86, but I have to wonder, am I doing > what's best for the car by letting it warm up, or am I harming the engine > like the article says. > > I mean, I'm not going out to spend money on a block heater, which will, > not > only up my energy bills, but I'll also have to install an exterior wall > mounted plug just to plug the damn thing in. > > So car guys, how do I handle this puppy? > > As it seems to me, I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't. > > Victor Gouveia > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1297 - Release Date: 2/25/2008 > 9:22 AM > >
