idling

desdes · May 21, 2009

i have a ford e250 gas,2007,does anyone know about idling for a couple hours at a time.safe or not.thanks

TJ959 · May 21, 2009

I don't think it's recommended but I know a few guys who do it. I shure wouldn't sleep that way unless I had a CO detecter.

fastman_1 · May 22, 2009

My 03 GMC Has idled for days at a time in the winter, and had no effects except on my wallet, Also this was when Gas was still under or near a buck a Gallion.

guido4475 · May 22, 2009

I'm not too sure about gas engines, but in a diesel it was always good to idle the engine at a little bit above normal rpm's to keep the oil circulating to the top of the engine, and to avoid cylinder wash.Volve engines are engineered so a person does not have to raise rpm's like this.

Dakota · May 22, 2009

A carbon monoxide detector is just plain smart in any vehicle you are sleeping in. Unless you don't want to wake up

layoutshooter · May 22, 2009

We have a combo smoke/C02 detector in our truck. We had never thought about it till our friends truck caught fire. They were NOT in it but it got our attention.

60MPH · May 30, 2009

I idled my old chevy van with a 5.7 gas all the time and had no problems. She had 650,000 on it when I traded it in on my current van. I know the longest I ran it without shutting it off was the summer of 2005 I did not shut it off for atleast 4 1/2 to 5 weeks. I was running TX. to VA. roundtrips for Capitol One and I just locked the doors and left her idling even when I went into eat and take a shower. I can't stand hot weather.

Oops I lied I shut her down once for a oil change but that was about it.

ChrisGa23 · Jun 1, 2009

what other alternative's are they than idling with a cargo van ?

Dakota · Jun 1, 2009

ChrisGa23 said:
what other alternative's are they than idling with a cargo van ?

Not idling

highway star · Jun 2, 2009

ChrisGa23 said:
what other alternative's are they than idling with a cargo van ?

The Espar heater will run on gas or diesel and uses a tiny fraction of what you'd use idling. There are also 12 volt, roof mounted A/C units available.