Here's Why You Shouldn't Warm Up Your Car In The Winter

(WAND) – It might not be the smartest thing to "warm up" your car this winter, according to mechanical experts, state laws and police departments.

One of the major myths involving warming up cars is that the car needs to idle to function properly. After all, doesn't running the engine keep ...

Because of this, you need to let older cars warm up before driving or they will stall out (but keep in mind that carbureted engines were already ...

These engines need to be warmed up before you drive, especially in the winter, otherwise they'll stall. In the late 1980s, most automakers ...

Is idling bad for your engine? What about idling for your car? How about for your wallet? Let's find out if you should warm up your car ...

By letting your car idle, you're subjecting your engine to more gasoline-rich fuel than necessary, and this ends up stripping oil from your ...

Experts are warning motorists not to turn their car engine on to let it tick over and warm up before driving in cold weather as winter bites ...

Manufacturers maintain that cars with modern fuel injection systems can be driven immediately on startup, no need to warm them up first.

Modern cars don't need to be 'warmed up' – electric fuel injection systems has made this a thing of the past. The only time you might want to ...

But if you let your car idle to warm up the cabin, the oil will start to slowly drain away from the engine's key components since the engine isn ...

Can idling cause damage? Yes, idling for too long on a cold day can cause engine oil dilution. SIMILAR ARTICLES TO THIS.

The next guy will end up with an engine that has been abused because they ran it in very cold temperatures and put a lot of stress on the ...

Warming up your car is a waste of fuel, generating excessive emissions not getting you anywhere. Warming up your car can increase engine wear.

MAGLIOZZI: Oh, yeah. I would say that's true in normal weather. You know, if it's 20 degrees out, which I consider normal weather for the winter ...

While you might have thought that letting your car slowly warm up was reducing the strain on the engine, all that idling time leads to raw ...

Experts at AAA, a federation of motor clubs, say it's not a good idea to warm your car up to keep it from freezing.

Yes, idling for too long on a cold day can cause engine oil dilution. While you might have thought that letting your car slowly warm up was ...

In cold weather, carburetors can't properly mix the air and fuel in the engine, so warming up was and still is necessary with carburetor- ...

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The Environmental Protection Agency also advises against warming up your car, even in the winter, because “unnecessary idling of cars, trucks, ...