Originally posted by BURNTU2:
I started my car to warm it up before leaving to work. I never pushed the lock button after I exited the car, but somehow the door locked. The towing company/locksmith took two hours getting to my house. My car was sitting idling for two hours. I've heard mixed opinions, this can damage/hurt the engine, others have said you can idle all day without worry. What do you guys say?




i've idle'd my car for 2-4 hours on a pretty regular basis over the past year or two because of the stereo sucking enough power to light up a third world country... no ill effects.


1999 Silver Frost SVT #609 of 2760 Quaife, lightened SVT Flywheel, SPEC stage II clutch, removed resonator, k&n drop in - various other goodies too.