Idle Car to warm engine..

[James <linj03@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

	Here is my take on this.  I think you probably read it on the
owner's manual where it asks you not to warm up your car, instead just
drive less demandingly for the first few miles until the temp gauage warms
up.  The reason behind it is that while your car is sitting idle, it's
producing carbon monoxide, which leads to pollutions.  The idea is that
the less the car sits at idle, the less pollution it will create.  Imaging
if everyone in the world sits about 5 - 10 minutes a day to just warm up
their car, how much pollution that would make.  Not that driving won't
cost pollution, but less time the engine is on idle, the less pollution it
creates.
	After gaining this wise suggestion, I stopped warming up my car
and usually drive below the 3000 rpm mark for the first few minutes. 
Haven't had any ill effects for the past 20,000 miles.  =) 
				James

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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:47:08 -0800
From: "Paul F. Kunz" <pfkeb@domain.elided>
Subject: Re: Can E36 handle cold winters?

>>>>> On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 08:12:14 -0500, "Sergio" <sergio@domain.elided>
said:

> Hi, I currently own an E36/320i/6Cyl/1993.  I noticed some odd
> things while driving car this week in cold weather.  I do let car
> warm up for 3-5 minutes before taking off here are problems:

   This bring up a question.   I read somewhere once that it is not
good to let the engine run at idle while warming up.   It said it is
better to drive the car during warm up, but very easy, and not
demainding.   What is the collective wisdom on this topic on the
digest?                 

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