If You Let Your Car Idle You’re Stupid
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- If You Let Your Car Idle You’re Stupid, DIY and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. Car idle problem. Does idling your car for a long time damage or hurt your engine? The problem with idling a car. Car engine idling. Why not to have your car idle. Should you let your car idle before driving? Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 53 years.
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@@FordBossMe Good to see you here, Scotty has a lot of good points, even if you don't agree with some of his information.
During the pandemic I usually take away and eat in the car, idling it, is it bad?
@@sirlorddoctormajorphd3016 If you idle like that, do oil change every 3000 miles/3 months, which ever comes first.
94 Celica can idle for years without needing oil or gas.
😂😂😂👌
Naaaa
*decades 👌
98 chevy cavalier
It's immortal
My neighbors only buy Land Rovers, Dodge, Jeeps, and Chevys. They go hard on the accelerator right after turning on their cars. They idle their cars 20 mins a day with loud music blasting at 1am in the morning. They definitely don't watch Scotty lol
They definitely like going to the mechanic or working on their car if they like those first 3 brands 😂
Stupidity
Changing engine oil frequently saves you from a lot of future problems
alright
2wice a month seems efficient for turbo scotty so its good enough for me lol
Every single cop: *And I took that personally*
Is Scotty really trying to get a 6 star wanted level?
I want to be a police officer but first I have to join the Marines
@@NFLYoungBoy223 Are there Military Police for the Marines (I know there are MPs for the Army)?
@@TraderRobin yes there is but my staff Sargent said that doesn’t make sense to be an MP and to be an officer in the civilian world just learn a trade
I am a mechanic also and Scotty is an absolute Master at 2 things - 1) Explaining things and 2) Convincing people that he totally understands something even if he doesn't. Here is the thing: from reading these comments, I see that what Scotty should be saying is that OVER idling is a bad thing and in my opinion general idling is totally fine. This whole conversation started with him explaining why an engine with low mileage is all sludged up and the actual reason for sludge comes from when people repeatedly jump in a vehicle and don't even let it warm up and then hardly drive it and shut if off again. That is really bad to do to an engine, because it never warms the engine up to PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURE to heat the oil up to the temperature that it is formulated to work correctly at . It messes with the chemical properties of the engine oil and the oil turns to sludge. Hence the sludge actually comes from NOT ENOUGH WARM UP TIME BEFORE OPERATING THE ENGINE. THUS idling is very very important when you start a cold engine. If you want to take care of your vehicle and it's engine then LET IT IDLE to warm up the engine and the engine oil before you operate the vehicle.
I agree.I always let my cars idle a little,1 or 2 mins and they idle while i clean the windows and exterior in winter,prob. 4-5 minutes.
@@Crusaderglennthat doesn’t matter. If you drive a cold engine right away it’s fine. As long as it does get to operating temperature before you shut it off and let it cool again.
Driving you're car non stop is the best thing for your car.
🤣🤣🤣
Niicce
Fun fun fun in the autobahn
Run those lights. Clean that carbon.
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I’m a PI and we idle our cars like crazy, Scotty knows what he’s talking about, it’s terrible for your vehicle
Buy a Toyota Hybrid. The engine shuts off the second there's no load on it, like at stop lights. Then its uses the big traction battery for any slow stuff
@@jhill4071 my friends wife bought a used Prius from our local Toyota Dealer 2 years ago. Now, it needs a new invertor. Cost...$5 000 CAD
@@mikefoehr235 yeah used hybrid cars are always a risk. You can get good deals out there if you know what you’re looking for and do some research but for most, they just buy blind and often gets hit with major repairs
Companies who have fleet vehicles that idle a lot (e.g. to power the 2-way radio to maintain *necessary* *communications* ), often are also driven ~6000 miles per month and they *at least* get the engine oil and oil filter changed (in addition to all other required maintenance, brakes, tires, etc.) every 6000 mile, WHICH ENDS UP BEING ONCE A MONTH. 😉
ps. I'm speaking from experience here.
I owned a Hyundai that idled a lot (I used it as a work vehicle) and yeah, the engine was starting to go bad at 99,000 miles when I sold it
I have to idle my vehicle around 15 minutes a day at least in the winter to warm it up here in northern Wisconsin.
My little diesel takes a good 20-25 minutes here in Ontario
@@SteveB88
Now in Orlando, you have to run it for an hour to pre cool the interior and kill the snakes that slither up into it 🤔🤣
Yep especially up north. Truckers up here have to leave their trucks running over night or else the diesel freezes
@@daddy1231
Diesel doesn't freeze but it'll gel 👀 even if it idles all night
My buddies step daughter used to let her car idle for hours in fact one day I went to visit my friend and her car was sitting out front idling. When I went inside I asked how long she'd been there she replied oh about an hour or so. I told her that it's not a diesel engine, and long hours of idle is no good the electric fans are going to have a hard time keeping the engine cool not to mention the fuel she's expending for nothing, and It could cause harm to her engine. My friend which has a mechanical background told her to go and turn it off and that I was correct that allowing the engine to idle is no good. About two months later she was in a grocery store shopping. Over their PA system there was an announcement that there was a car on fire in the parking lot. It was her car, it was a total lose a 5000 dollar car up in smoke because she let the car idle.
Lol it’s not funny but it is pretty funny
@@bowen704 😭
Now she should walk .... Being stupid is one thing but not listening to people is a whole Nother level of stupid
Yeah these coil on plug systems will ignite anything if you don't change the spark plugs.
*Boom*
@@loveydovey4u An Ashtin Martin.
I used to work in the freight business. The guys with the big tractor trailers would start them in the morning, and if they had to wait to offload, etc., they never shut them off. The trucks were either moving or idling all day long.
True Story
A friend drove long haul for Moreflow Water Heaters. Two road tractors were traveling together, stopped to eat and one wouldn't restart. Very level ground, 5 guys, ROLL STARTED it. Couldn't believe it.
Most dudes I know who do that is because if they turn it off, it won't start up again
@@zacharypeery4082 I drove a truck for 15 years, leave it running for a week straight never shut it down in the Arizona heat.
Truck engines are designed for it though. Car engines are not. IE the oil pumps work differently for starters.
I was feeling stupid this morning but wasn't sure why... now I know.
Hey Davey Boy! It happens a lot and it'll happen again.
30 days, I took it one step further.
I change my motor oil every 3 Miles
Sure it takes forever to get anywhere. But man you should hear that engine purr.
😂
😂😂😂😂🤛🏾
My boat has a Chevy 305 so it lasts forever. Been going strong since 1987.
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Dang. This just changed my entire camping, fishing, working routines. Honestly I don't know how I will make the adjustments. My favorite place in the world is inside my idling, heated, air conditioned truck taking naps at the beach in between good tides.
Just change the oil more often then?
@@korpse69 Something like that.
I worked on helicopters and turboprop aircraft while in the Marine Corps.We used moly-b as we called it.Keep the great videos coming!
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I have a 2020 Ford Ranger with turbo and change my oil every 5k-6k maximum with full synthetic, thank you Scotty!
I work in a shop and his advice really helps.
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i idle 2-3 minutes when it's real cold here in canada.. if i don't, you can hear the valves knock..
but never gas the motor when it's cold..that is how you wear it faster than it should
Can you get some kind of an engine heating system?
PERFECT 👌
@@kt10208 Yes Kat's and Wolverine are two brands. They plug in and will help a little to keep oil from getting too solid. Global warming should help too. Thats already worth 20-30 degrees. There is a dipstick heater that should work in just about any vehicle. There are engine blankets too can help and of course garage overnight. Canada spec heaters warm to 200 F whereas US spec heaters warm to 300 so are better.
Hey Scotty thank you for all your videos, very helpful. 👍🏽
No problem 😉
hello!
@@scottykilmer hello
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Thank you Scotty for all your hard work and for the organic information that you put in each video 👍🏼
I think this is the calmest I've seen scotty. I love it xD
When I worked at this 1 shop a chevy Silverado had less then 30,000 miles needed plugs wires n egr system cleaned was so carbonated up. Took a lot of time to clean it
Love your channel Scotty! Learning everything I can off ya to keep my first car out the shop and how to fix common simple issues on my own. The effort you put in is deeply appreciated.
Agreed Scotty! Every company should put some kind of idling gauge in there too.
Or at the very least, some sort of hour meter. Lol
I believe patrol cars have hour meters 🕟
My new ram has an idle hour counter
My duramax has an hour meter
All vechicles which use
Internal combustion engines should be fitted with hour meters because the amount of time people sit in traffic jams.
Great info scotty.
Teslas are probably the best idling vehicles around.
Well I'd say my Lexus 2007 gs 450h cuz she don't idle either barely and the engine u know how realible it can be from the 350... So always driven engine in the hyrbid and still a real car without crazy technology like tesla
@@MattTheClutch any EV idling better than ICE...
@@alphaxfang evs aren't a smart idea right now.
@@richsweeney1115 still doesn't change that electric motor doesn't wear out when idling unlike ICE...
Scotty knows best👌
I have a 2020 Ford Explorer XLT with EcoBoost Turbo....has a resettable oil change in the computer...Good Stuff!!!
Makes a lot of sense to idle minds.
I never actrualy hear Scotty call people stupid....He points out the good and bad....Go Scotty go.
Literally speaking: Scotty is the best mechanic and top decent human in all of RUclips! Thank you Scotty always!
@Daniel Stefanov for me what he does makes him the best because he uploads videos on daily basis, he always tries to answer as many questions as he can, and most importantly his honesty! There may be better mechanics than him but i doubt they will be this honest
I was taught as a journeyman mechanic, to turn the key to run, and let the computer fully load. Then start, and let idle until up to kick down, before driving. If cold enough, idle to operating temp. But, it gets below -40° here, in the winter. But, idling for 6+ hours seems excessive, unless stranded in snow. But, we keep blankets in all our vehicals too.
Owner of a police interceptor sedan 2015, I idle a ton and check the oil and inside of engine regularly with borescopes. Blackstone labs checks my changes and no unusual wear. No sludge here, just shiny like new internals like a terminator t-100 (but I do change the oil every 90 days)
Now a non police vehicle not designed for lots of idling...sludge city usa. I work on my friends cars and they idle like there's no tomorrow. Changed a few oil pumps (starvation clogged screens), sized valves...etc.
I work in the back of my van a lot. I should totally change my oil as much as possible. Thank you!
Hahaha I love Scotty!!! He’s really the best! He like the cool uncle you always wanted. 😂🤙👌👍✊💯
Great info, thank you.
Let my 00’ jdm forester idle so much before and after i run it 21 years old boosted to the moon still going strong! I change my oil every 3500km-5000km
Just found out....the 26 miles/hour for idle on my work truck (18' Ford F150) about two months ago. My truck sits and idles 12.5 hours per day for 14 straight days on my hitch. 4500+ equivalent miles. This doesn't count actual miles driven. That's a new oil change every 3 weeks. Sucks
Doesn’t take as long as you think to change your oil, half an hour at most .
I used to ie my highlander overnight on multiple occasions, still runs like a top
Next video: If you own a car, you're stupid. 😂
Sage advice!
Scotty's show is so entertaining
AND informative!!
great video scotty
I tow trailers and sometimes get stuck in traffic on the interstate and use my for daily driving. It’s a 2020 Tundra and I change oil changes every 5K miles or every 6 months so I can keep my truck running as long as possible!
Good Saturday afternoon Scotty hope you and yours are doing well today, it's getting chilly here in Chicago how about in Tennessee what say you!🤷 ever since I first started driving a car everybody always says if you're going to be somewhere more than 5 minutes turn the engine off I guess it's been a habit all my life.
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I idle my engine any time I want, because my vehicle exists only to please me, and if it dies doing that, at least it died doing what it lived for.
I do change my oil about twice a year, and it stays golden brown. I have a 5. Liter, 5.7. Liter, and 6.8 liter, and any of them get new fluid when the fluid stops looking new. I don’t even look at miles, I look at the fluid. Sounds crazy, but my engines don’t get any kind of crap on the bottom of the oil cap like so many I see.
Scotty said a few years ago idling was ok ....I leave mine idling if I go in store 5 minutes but never for hours at a time
Id rethink that.
I was a delivery driver and i ran into the stpre for 5 SECONDS to get a forgotten 2 liter. Came out and my car was gone! Oh and before you say but I live in a nice area the area I delivered in was a nice area that doesn't mean there aren't bad people in your area
@@jake51515 I actually had my shitbox cavalier stolen at a mechanics cuz keys were stuck in ignition 3 years ago
@@leoderosia9279 shitty situation
@@jake51515 And in the UK, its illegal.
@@SilverWrinkly leaving it running unattended?
I guess the people that live in their cars will have to buy more blankets.
Your the man Scotty!
That's why l change my
diesel engine oil every 3000 mls because we
do a lot of.short journeys diesels take longer to warm up than the gasoline engine .
Low engine temps causes corrosion in the cylinders that's including gasoline engines.long journeys
with normal driving is the best for diesel vechicles, keeps the systems clean, bus engines suffer on buses that do a lot if town mileage, l worked for a bus company 30 yrs ago, the buses which were on long journeys kept the engines on top power and the oils kept a lot cleaner.
Good video well explained.
I had no idea! I idle my 98 taco all them time. In Florida if I’m running into the store I don’t want to start stop it constantly
I had a Dodge Intrepid that was hard starting when it was warmed up. Turned out it was the bad EVAP system that filled the intake with raw gasoline vapors.
Was it the entire evap system?
I think the real problem was that it was a Dodge Intrepid
@@nickcrane8329 hehehehehehehe
@@nickcrane8329 I drive a Ford now.
Did you take your "Live Free or Die" sign off your garage in Houston before they leveled it?
Does this same effect applies to newer vehicles or while air-conditioning is running during idle?
North Alaska trucks are like this as people go shopping and leave them running in the parking lot. They run all day and are only stopped at night.
I had a F250 with 43,000 miles with a little over 3,000 hours. I used synthetic oil and changed it at 3,000 or three months. I ran it till I had 165,000 miles back in Texas. I now have a F150 with 5.0 pulling the same 27' RV trailer.
Off the subject, but not really, don't mean to toot my horn Scotty but after watching your vids I feel compelled to, Karma baby. Walked across the street to a garage sale with C note wondering if they would have change. Checked out the garage and didn't want it. On the way out I spot a Burgundy 98 XL Camry with paint clear coat blistering to the 9's, AT and 116k mi, still fresh rubber. Anyway I had been thinking of another vehicle for many reasons, one being a bad clutch knee. The retired pharmacist had a sign in the window for $1K obo. Fast forward, man oh what a feeling and the super nice guy says he offered it to his grandson who said he would not be caught dead in it. I hit the jackpot! Totally not over engineered like most of today's night soil. Besides the peeling clear coat man I'm am so impressed with the handling and performance. Ring that Bell for the Scotty!
I miss NH just left to Cali after being in NH for 32 yrs.
I have to idle my 02 Mazda B2300 aka Ford Ranger because the automatic transmission won't work if it's cold. It's been that way since it was a baby. I give it only 2 oil changes a year (in June and December) since I got it 18 years ago. I use Castrol for high mileage vehicles, even though it only has 263,000. It's a synthetic 'blend'. I think it's half regular oil and half synthetic.? or something like that. It's not the cheapest, and certainly not the most expensive. I use the Castro transmission fluid too.👍Good Stuff.
back in the 90's I worked for dominos and I had to change my oil every month to 6 weeks cause i would go 3000 miles in that time and it idled a lot
I put over 120,000 miles on my car in less than 2 years delivering pizza. The town is really rural so every order is 1-7 miles away.
Just setting here idling at the airport Scotty. it's okay, it's a Toyota.
Funny but what for??
Toyota’s are indestructible
Exactly! I have a 2010 highlander v6 and I have driven it all over the country and even slept in it often and alot of those nights I idled the engine all night long
Sitting*
@@kolbyjohnson9977 I believe the subject is the car in this situation.
Congratulations on those 53 years!
Good stuff...
Second Scotty on Liqui Moly their products are top quality
In the winter I let it idle so it can get nice and warm when I get in.
92 GMC Sierra 6.2L Detroit 4 stroke Deisel in Canadian winter. An exception. LOL!
Now with Dereck moving to TN, I want to see a colab btwn Scotty and VGG
My medium duty trucks (2.5 tons) have hand throttles so if you are sitting and idling, warming up the engine, you can set the throttle up for 1800 rpm, about double idle speed. This warms up the engine faster, keeps coolant flowing better and keeps the oil temperature hotter which burns off the moisture inside the engine.
When is AT205 going to be back available? I need some!!!!
Yes Scotty! Toyota! I love my Tundra Crewmax 👏 on my way to the million miles Tundra club 👍
I’ve always idled my vehicles all day during the summer. Never had any issues.
Nailed it 🙏🙌
Hey scotty my 2021 Ford F350 7.3l v8 service truck with the 10 speed automatic transmission has almost 14k and 1,100 or so hours and 910 idle hours i like the fact that new trucks at least Ford's have that feature
We use grease w/3 percent moly good stuff
I have a puny 2016 Hyundai Elantra, but it's been extremely reliable. We even take it off road and camping. Have had almost no issues since I got it with 26k miles. I got about 85k now. Change oil every 5k miles and regular Maintenance.Highly recommend!
I had a 2011 Hyundai up until 99,000 miles, and the engine didn't take well to extensive idling. If I'd known then what I know now, I could have made that car last a lot longer.
Your the man 👍✌️
Hey I just noticed, scotty moved BUT what's up with the same old living room background? this a green screen or what? LOL! love your videos as always scotty.
you should charge for your information Scotty, your advice is gold
Yep, I do deliveries in my 05' Ford Focus. I shut off/start up during normal weather conditions, and have it idling when it's very cold (below 0⁰).
I always do an oil change every 3k! 🙂
You can go 20k miles between oil changes with amsoil
And you my friend restored my faith to humanity.
@@firestarter5038 you can't trust the company......don't go 20k miles....you'll kill the motor..then, the company will say it was because of something else..
@@richsweeney1115 your right. I'll go 15k between changes from now on
@@firestarter5038 I really wouldn't go beyond 10k , at most
Maybe you can check a vehicle's engine hourmeter with an OBD scanner.
That would be great!
I can attest that CR-Vs are good safe cars. I have rear-ended, on two separate occasions, two CR-Vs and totaled the vehicle I was driving... virtually no damage to either CR-V. Neither of them filed claims against me either, so that was great.
The wife line was great. RIP Scotty. LOL
Savage Scotty strikes again!!!
Watching with my Toyota idling!! 😀
could a scan tool be used to show how many hours the engine has ran? if not, would a scan tool show low oil pressure from all that sludge build up?
This is why Cummins has auto high idle mode… solves this problem.
So how high is the idle in high idle mode?
@@jarlevanlandeghem8595 1000 normal is 750
@@quarterhorseabe8874 ok wow I expected like 1500 to 2000 rpm
@@jarlevanlandeghem8595 the Cummins red line is only around 3300-3500, so 1000-1300 is a safe high idle..
well, yeah, it helps.. BUT still not good for your oil life OR fuel economy..
people idle a lot in Canada's cold winters to keep their cars warm inside, some even go shopping and leave the car running, especially diesel trucks. The old cars wore out this way before 100 000 miles.
im a consultant for construction projects. i watch job sites for compliance. during a month long winter project, i idled 11 hours per night 5 nights per week for 4 weeks. my truck was 3 years old with 49k miles. this idling completely clogged my catalytic converter!
I’m truck driver so idling a Diesel engine and car engine is 2 different things I support idling for engines older that’s needs to prime up before running ⛽️
Love your videos wish I would of watched before I bought my Hyundai I should of bought a Toyota!!!
@ 4:07
*Precision Transmission*
_End of rant_ 👍🏻😎👍🏻
Scotty is truly a MASTER MECHANIC!
Try living in Scanson middling winter and not letting the defrost clear so you can drive to work in the early morn. Southerners don't know.
Good to see scotty quoting Ford Boss