Well in my current situation that could be several weeks before I drive again... :crying :biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by az3579
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Well in my current situation that could be several weeks before I drive again... :crying :biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by az3579
how is it less effort for the starter? nothing the starter does it affected by a primed fuel pump.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
If you wait for the fuel pump to prime, it takes less time to start the car, therefore less work for the starter. You're not spending that "starter active time" waiting for the fuel pump to prime.Quote:
Originally Posted by slater
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It doesn't have to throw in a couple extra *chiks chiks* before it starts waiting for the fuel... :rofl Idk...I agree. I get in and turn the key and my car starts right up in one or two *chiks chiks* even after sitting for awhile. I do usually pause like BP was saying, but sometimes I forget or am in a hurry.Quote:
Originally Posted by slater
I haven't really noticed it taking less time to start whether or not I let the fuel pump prime. I usually let the fuel pump prime by habit though.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
That LED isn't populated on non-diesel carsQuote:
Originally Posted by NoVAphotog
There is a noticeable difference in my car, in both time to start and in effort to start.Quote:
Originally Posted by terraphantm
It is there, but it's not that symbol - instead it's the EML light. I looked it up on Google Images and confirmed it because I thought it was there, just with no LED. Same position in the cluster.Quote:
That LED isn't populated on non-diesel cars
yeah, but the major shock to the starter is when it gets energized. an extra half-second of spinning is not going to be that detrimental.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
Extra half a second now... but that extra half a second every time you start the car adds up over the life of the starter.Quote:
Originally Posted by slater
And besides - moving parts are moving parts. The less they have to move, the better. This is also the reason I don't like to let my engine idle for more than a minute at a time - it's unnecessary wear.
I can't imagine the auto-start stop "feature" on the newer cars being good for these reasons...although to your last comment they could be good? Long lights, etc?Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
if you really want to get nitty and gritty about it, we can start talking about voltage and how an older or sub-par battery negatively affects the starter... but man, there comes a point where you have to live your life and just replace the dang starter if it fails. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
i definitely don't take an "ain't care" attitude towards the car, but there is a balance between OCD and taking care of your mechanical stuff. :cheers
so you shut if off? but then when you restart all of those times - oh, the unnecessary wear on the starter!! ;) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
hahaha.
:cheers