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SHRJ wrote Unless you dont have oil in your car then itll be a problem, but other than that you're just wasting gas and maybe if you left it on throughout the whole day you might overheat the engine.


1. If your car had no oil, the engine would get so hot due to friction that it would seize after a few minutes.
2. Pretty much all road cars today have cooling systems, so it wouldn't overheat from just idling or running (cruising), provided that you have at least water circulating the system.

Neither of these are related to just idling though really.
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i don't think anything bad would happen.
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Disc wrote
002 wrote Other than wasting fuel, idling doesn't hurt anything unless it's a turbo diesel.

Some will go so far as to say that idling for a few minutes before and after driving actually helps your car. Idling before you drive allows everything to warm up and let the oil get everywhere it needs to be and idling after you drive allows everything to cool down a little slower. The idea is that the heat and cold expands and contracts things so you want to do it as slow as possible.
idling causes carbon build up actually. and can damage various of things

idling should be fine. Its when the car is in low revs while under load where you can experience carbon build up. Idling shouldn't cause any more build up than it would regulary driving.
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322 wrote
Disc wrote
002 wrote Other than wasting fuel, idling doesn't hurt anything unless it's a turbo diesel.

Some will go so far as to say that idling for a few minutes before and after driving actually helps your car. Idling before you drive allows everything to warm up and let the oil get everywhere it needs to be and idling after you drive allows everything to cool down a little slower. The idea is that the heat and cold expands and contracts things so you want to do it as slow as possible.
idling causes carbon build up actually. and can damage various of things

idling should be fine. Its when the car is in low revs while under load where you can experience carbon build up. Idling shouldn't cause any more build up than it would regulary driving.
driving it and spirited driving removes carbon, idling will create carbon, idling too long can damage various parts, idling to warm up oil and coolant is okay
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It shouldn't I sit and sleep in mine with my car running for long periods of time all the time.
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Hi wrote I had a Honda back in the day. I left that thing on for hours with no oil in it trying to blow it up. Lol. So from my experience, I think you'll be fine.


You have a lot of time on your hands then xD
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