map update = 60 min IDLING?
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you can do it without the engine started the idle is to keep battery from dying.
just put it on "run" setting with engine off and have battery charger hooked up.. turn off all accessories you can such as blower motor, headlights etc.
or just idle and use the $3. worth of gas.. no damage will result.
just put it on "run" setting with engine off and have battery charger hooked up.. turn off all accessories you can such as blower motor, headlights etc.
or just idle and use the $3. worth of gas.. no damage will result.
Originally Posted by klxdrt
Hi,
PDF from Subaru indicates during my "2108 Subaru Legacy 2.5 cu, 9200 mi" map UPDATE-engine could be IDLING up to 60 min. I get an uneasy feeling about this as I have driving & working on cars for 65 yr & usually drive my cars 150-200 thousand mi.
Is this IDLING going to cause future engine problems or is a normal operation for modern engines & oil?
2018 Subaru Legacy 2.5 cu takes 5 qt. 0-20w syn oil.
Regards,
klxdrt
No problem. The old complaints against extended idling were when engines were carbureted and had sliding cam followers. Your engine has neither. The carbs would slobber excess fuel into the engine, diluting the oil, causing it to thin out. The slider tappets would suffer at low speeds because spring force overwhelms dynamic force at idle speed, causing high contact stress.
Hi,
PDF from Subaru indicates during my "2108 Subaru Legacy 2.5 cu, 9200 mi" map UPDATE-engine could be IDLING up to 60 min. I get an uneasy feeling about this as I have driving & working on cars for 65 yr & usually drive my cars 150-200 thousand mi.
Is this IDLING going to cause future engine problems or is a normal operation for modern engines & oil?
2018 Subaru Legacy 2.5 cu takes 5 qt. 0-20w syn oil.
Regards,
klxdrt
No problem. The old complaints against extended idling were when engines were carbureted and had sliding cam followers. Your engine has neither. The carbs would slobber excess fuel into the engine, diluting the oil, causing it to thin out. The slider tappets would suffer at low speeds because spring force overwhelms dynamic force at idle speed, causing high contact stress.
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestions. I only presented this question because the Subaru GPS would no recognize "NJ Jug Handles" and neither would a HH Garmin.
There is more to this than you may be aware of. Your tips helped, however I just set up WAZE hoping it will handle all the Jug Handles where I live.
Thanks for the suggestions. I only presented this question because the Subaru GPS would no recognize "NJ Jug Handles" and neither would a HH Garmin.
There is more to this than you may be aware of. Your tips helped, however I just set up WAZE hoping it will handle all the Jug Handles where I live.
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Originally Posted by kkreit01
I think it's a legitimate question. I wouldn't want to idle that long if I didn't have to. Also, leaving a car running in driveway is illegal in many cities, unless you are inside or have remote start. I would do the battery charger/leave key in "run" position -- as nobb already suggested.
It's only a legitimate question on BITOG as the rest of the world rightfully uses common sense and even if the thought popped in their mind they'd just use that common sense and move on. If a single 60 min idling event had ANY effect on a modern car engine then we're all screwed because these cars are fragile. A couple thousand hours of idling because the car sits at the start of a work zone on the highway in 90F temps for 12 hours per day....perhaps that would have an effect.
I think it's a legitimate question. I wouldn't want to idle that long if I didn't have to. Also, leaving a car running in driveway is illegal in many cities, unless you are inside or have remote start. I would do the battery charger/leave key in "run" position -- as nobb already suggested.
It's only a legitimate question on BITOG as the rest of the world rightfully uses common sense and even if the thought popped in their mind they'd just use that common sense and move on. If a single 60 min idling event had ANY effect on a modern car engine then we're all screwed because these cars are fragile. A couple thousand hours of idling because the car sits at the start of a work zone on the highway in 90F temps for 12 hours per day....perhaps that would have an effect.
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Originally Posted by Rand
you can do it without the engine started the idle is to keep battery from dying.
just put it on "run" setting with engine off and have battery charger hooked up.. turn off all accessories you can such as blower motor, headlights etc.
or just idle and use the $3. worth of gas.. no damage will result.
I went to a U-Connect class earlier this week and learned that the reason they want you to do over the air updates while parked is because the back up camera will be disabled.
you can do it without the engine started the idle is to keep battery from dying.
just put it on "run" setting with engine off and have battery charger hooked up.. turn off all accessories you can such as blower motor, headlights etc.
or just idle and use the $3. worth of gas.. no damage will result.
I went to a U-Connect class earlier this week and learned that the reason they want you to do over the air updates while parked is because the back up camera will be disabled.
Originally Posted by PimTac
It might have idled that long during shipping.
Or more. We had a few lot boys that were moving cars around the lot, parked one got called to do something else and the car idled until it ran out of gas. The kid forgot about the car. LOL Once or twice we'd come to work the next morning and the car was still idling, sometimes 12 or more hours.
It might have idled that long during shipping.
Or more. We had a few lot boys that were moving cars around the lot, parked one got called to do something else and the car idled until it ran out of gas. The kid forgot about the car. LOL Once or twice we'd come to work the next morning and the car was still idling, sometimes 12 or more hours.
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