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When to idle your car in the morning?

When to idle your car in the morning?

You could let it idle a bit longer if: You want the interior to get toasty warm when you get in. Generally, once your windows are defrosted and you have all-around visibility, you are good to go. And while the car might feel cold initially, the interior will get warm faster when you are driving.

Is it better to drive your car or idle it?

Driving your car will allow all of the components to warm up faster than idling. Prolonged idling may damage the engine and its components due to incomplete fuel combustion. Prolonged idling may lead to the early failure of the catalytic converter due to its inefficient performance during idling.

What to do when your car stalls at idle?

Use a good safe cleaner and wipe the throttle body all inside as much as you can and open the throttle and clean as deep as you can and then while running a bit faster than idle spray cleaner into the other holes you may see where air will bypass the throttle plate. I believe this will cure your problem of stalling at idle.

What kind of car stalls after engine heats up?

The Chevrolet Cavalier is a compact automobile produced from 1982 to 2005 by General Motors. car starts and runs fine until engine heats up to operating tempature, then it stalls, it will restart but keeps stalling until engine cools down. What can cause this? Answered!

How often does engine RPM drop when idle?

The engine stays idling at about 1000 RPM. However every now and then it drops down to about 500 RPM and then quickly back up to about 1200 then goes slowly down to 1000 and stays there for a bit until I go again or it drops again. It only happens for a second or two and about 3 times a minute.

When does the idle RPM drop at Nissan club?

I did some searching but didn’t find any relative information to my particular issue. 2008 2.5 sedan w/CVT. Just turned 3 years old and has about 70K on the OD. Injen WAI, and the K&N is cleaned twice a year. Issue: When I come to a traffic light and after about 10 to 20 seconds, the idle drops about 100 RPM.

The Chevrolet Cavalier is a compact automobile produced from 1982 to 2005 by General Motors. car starts and runs fine until engine heats up to operating tempature, then it stalls, it will restart but keeps stalling until engine cools down. What can cause this? Answered!

Use a good safe cleaner and wipe the throttle body all inside as much as you can and open the throttle and clean as deep as you can and then while running a bit faster than idle spray cleaner into the other holes you may see where air will bypass the throttle plate. I believe this will cure your problem of stalling at idle.

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Ruth Doyle