Should You Leave Your Car's Engine Idling? Myth Busted

Car engine idle. Should you leave your car's engine idling for a long time, myth busted with Scotty Kilmer. Does idling your car for a long time damage or hurt your engine? There are many myths about letting your engine idle, and I'll tell you the truth about the matter. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 50 years.

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[Trevr]

i love how Scotty dances with his arms as he talks... he actually looks like he's conducting an invisible orchestra -

[rickkrockstar]

How many people came here on a hot day.

[bluecolumbine]

Last night I had a nightmare my engine blew up just sitting in the driveway idling... then this was in recommended videos. YouTube algorithm is creepy accurate sometimes.

[jacksagrafsky]

Thanks for your advice especially about the catalytic converter. As a retired fire fighter went to many car fires because the red hot converter was parked over dry leaves, you know from trees well many a car was burned beyond recognition because of the driver leaving the car run while they ran into a store or whatever. Live and learn Scotty, thanks.

[madmotorrepair]

Scotty taking 1M people to school again today

[dougn]

When I've had a stressful day I watch Scotty for an hour and I feel better.

[JuanMoreno-pvjt]

That celica went from 240, 000 miles to 250, 000 in less than two videos

[adegres]

I revved up my 94 Celica engine and wrote a clean, non-offensive comment.

[duradim]

Don't lift your hood as my buddy Scotty said to do. You will forget at some point then "WHAM, " your hood flies open before you get to 50 MPH.

[but]

I wish i could meet a mechanic like Scotty. Scotty is like a second father for us that we have cars and we want to keep our cars for decades .

[Cheese_]

Scotty is the bigest teacher with 1 million students

[aggie]

Some people never look at their car's instrument panel. The only gauge they seem to be familiar with is the fuel gauge.

[hotshot]

You have some great videos! I was wondering this myself because when I go to pick my daughter up from school, I let my car idle but it idles in park. Thanks for another great video! I've learned a lot from you and because of that, I'm able to fix certain things on my car now without having to take it to a mechanic for every little thing. Keep up the great work!

[reno]

My cousin had a diesel VW Rabbit. He would plug it in at the hospital when he was on ambulance duty. It kept blowing the breaker in the hospital so he was told to stop. SO, in the middle of a good Iowa winter, he would report to work and just leave it running. 12 hours later his coworkers had cold cars (if they could get them started) and he just hopped in the VW and motored home. His record was 8 straight days of never turning it off.

[NewGoldStandard]

easily one of the best car channels on YouTube.
thank you for the quality content!

[AccordionJoe]

I think it is a good idea to rev the engine a little every so often to make sure oil is getting to every corner of the engine.

[buddythelittletinyrescuedo]

Scotty I have several friends that are Master mechanics they are completely sick and tired of me asking them questions I love cars and pickup trucks I like cars from the 1990s up until about 2002 you are the best every time I open a video of yours I get an answer thanks and keep making them

[cecilhosein]

I always wanted to know this. Thanks Mr. Kilmer

[thesehobbiesofmine]

This is a hanging question in my mind. I idled for 2 hours waiting for a barge. You gave me a sigh of relief knowing that putting an AT in neutral is ok. Thanks scotty.