Longest time you left your Yaris engine running

[thebarber]

id imagine driving for a long time on the highway is worse than idling for an hour and a half....

ive done fredericton to ontario a couple times w/ stopping for gas and food....thats 15+h

thepoche drove from montreal to laguna seca last month....that was like 9000miles round trip....

[iwantayarisnyc]

Originally Posted by thebarber

id imagine driving for a long time on the highway is worse than idling for an hour and a half....

ive done fredericton to ontario a couple times w/ stopping for gas and food....thats 15+h

thepoche drove from montreal to laguna seca last month....that was like 9000miles round trip....

well you got the wind blowing through the car.......it relatively cools it down....now if you spent most of that time in traffic....that would be bad

[sidewinder]

Do not worry about damaging your engine, with it idleing for 1.5 hours in temps that low. The worse thing that you probably did was build up a little bit of carbon deposits. If you ran the car every day idling that long you could clog your cat converter.Take it out on the highway and clean it out a little bit.
I have worked on engines all my life, every thing from car engines, diesels, to jet engines and as long as your cooling system works properly you won't hurt the car. With the extra cold weather we get in New England, you need to properly warm your car up. Today was 5 degrees out and I warmed mine for about 5 minutes before driving off. Good luck with your car and put your mind to rest.

[iwantayarisnyc]

Originally Posted by sidewinder

Do not worry about damaging your engine, with it idleing for 1.5 hours in temps that low. The worse thing that you probably did was build up a little bit of carbon deposits. If you ran the car every day idling that long you could clog your cat converter.Take it out on the highway and clean it out a little bit.
I have worked on engines all my life, every thing from car engines, diesels, to jet engines and as long as your cooling system works properly you won't hurt the car. With the extra cold weather we get in New England, you need to properly warm your car up. Today was 5 degrees out and I warmed mine for about 5 minutes before driving off. Good luck with your car and put your mind to rest.

thanks friend

[gid]

Originally Posted by iwantayarisnyc

well you got the wind blowing through the car.......it relatively cools it down....now if you spent most of that time in traffic....that would be bad

the car idling for that long period of time is not beneficial . I highly suggest that you get your oil changed soon as possible . Long idling can lead to fuel dilution , which can thin the oil , thus leading to premature wear . GOOD LUCK