i saw it on nightly news or something a couple months ago on a piece about conserving gas. good idea?

 

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It takes a large amount of fuel to start an engine. Not to mention all the wear and tear you put on the starter and other engine-related items.

I doubt you'll see any fuel consumption loss, and for what it takes, you might even see a fuel consumption gain.

 

Why bother red lights are only red for a few mins at most, plus street racing would have an all new meaning

 

thats considering we street race, which none of us do.


...well or should, seeing as some of us have d17's hahahahaha.

 

well since u brought it up you should try and see. whenever u get gas reset your trip and turn off your car at red lights. then when u fill up again reset your trip and dont turn off ur car ar red lights and see if u get more mileage.

 

So I guess the rule of thumb is if you're going to sit idle for more than 60 seconds, you might as well turn the engine off.

 

and that's assuming you know how long the stoplights are.

 

wanna save gas?? we have to tell this guy to sell that vaporizing system built to one of our engines
video
http://www.dpccars.com/car-vid...r.htm



specs
http://www.fuelvaporcar.com/html/the_car.html

 

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as far as gas consumption goes, from what ive heard is it takes about a half an ounce of gas to start your car and it takes about a half an ounce to idle your car for 60 seconds - this could be very different for a civic though</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nah the lights there are only like 2-5 min. I had the pleasure of living there for 2 years and I don't really remember many people turning their engines off at red lights. Especially since most cars over there have less than a 4 cylinder engine. You see a car there with a yellow tag it has less than 4 cylinders.

 

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i think your confused.
they turn off thier headlights. hence city lights..
dont blind the person across the light fromt them.
funny how rumors start.

 

I wouldn't recommend it b/c everytime u start up ur car, it puts stress on the motor every time. Trust me I go to New England Tech, Thats what my professore told me in my engine building class.

 

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Not to mention all the wear and tear you put on the starter and other engine-related items.
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Starting a hot engine will have little to no wear on the engine. As much as it idling. All the parts will still be covered in oil and all the components will be at warm tolerances.

As far as the starter, it should be fine.

I know there are a few cars besides hybrids that turn off when stopped.

But is it worth the effort? No.. not in a dinky civic with its uber-efficient limp wristed 4 cylinder.

 

not a good idea to turn of the engine every red light