88 Wagonman
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- Location
- Boise, ID
Now that gas prices are so high I've been hearing a lot of gas saving tips from "The experts" on the news and in newspapers and magazines. Most of them make sense like accelerating slowly, keeping your engine tuned and your tires inflated properly. The one that gets me, and keeps coming up is the one that says to shut the engine off if idling for more than a minute. Now I am by no means an "Expert" but I dispute this claim. I understand that less running time = less gas being used, but what about switching from closed loop back to open loop and the engine revving up for startup? And they say you should not warm up the engine before driving. My opinion is that not warming up an engine will waste more gas due to compression not being what it is when warm, and running the engine under more of a load and more rpm's in open loop. My question is: Does anyone have any facts to dispute this or prove this? Opinions are also appreciated. Sorry for the long post.