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Does the compressor put much of a load on the engine at startup?
Lately I've taken to turning the A/C off after I shutdown the engine and giving it a couple of seconds of run time before I turn the A/C back on. Am I being silly? If it only saves a couple of percent, yes I am. -- - dillon I am not invalid "Iran wants nukes? North Korea wants nukes? I'm sure we can give them some. Or the Navy." - former B52 wing commander |
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Dillon Pyron > wrote in
: > Does the compressor put much of a load on the engine at startup? > Lately I've taken to turning the A/C off after I shutdown the engine > and giving it a couple of seconds of run time before I turn the A/C > back on. Am I being silly? If it only saves a couple of percent, yes > I am. The compressor clutch will not engage until the engine is running, so the position of the A/C switch makes no difference on startup. You're better to turn the A/C off a couple of miles from home, not right at shutoff. Allowing the evaporator a few minutes to come to ambient temperature (with the blower fan remaining on) will help dry up the condensation that eventually leads to that "stinky socks" smell. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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On Aug 24, 2:13 pm, Dillon Pyron > wrote:
> Does the compressor put much of a load on the engine at startup? > Lately I've taken to turning the A/C off after I shutdown the engine > and giving it a couple of seconds of run time before I turn the A/C > back on. Am I being silly? If it only saves a couple of percent, yes > I am. I go beyond that. I usually don't turn on AC until the engine has warmed up (at least a minute). |
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Thus spake Tegger > :
>Dillon Pyron > wrote in : > >> Does the compressor put much of a load on the engine at startup? >> Lately I've taken to turning the A/C off after I shutdown the engine >> and giving it a couple of seconds of run time before I turn the A/C >> back on. Am I being silly? If it only saves a couple of percent, yes >> I am. > > > >The compressor clutch will not engage until the engine is running, so the >position of the A/C switch makes no difference on startup. > >You're better to turn the A/C off a couple of miles from home, not right at >shutoff. Allowing the evaporator a few minutes to come to ambient >temperature (with the blower fan remaining on) will help dry up the >condensation that eventually leads to that "stinky socks" smell. Thanks. More for the stinky socks advice. I HATE that with a passion. And if you have a turbo, make sure it idles for at least 30 seconds, unless you have some sort of additional pressure oiling system. -- - dillon I am not invalid "Iran wants nukes? North Korea wants nukes? I'm sure we can give them some. Or the Navy." - former B52 wing commander |
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Dillon Pyron wrote:
> Thus spake Tegger > : > >> Dillon Pyron > wrote in >> : >> >>> Does the compressor put much of a load on the engine at startup? >>> Lately I've taken to turning the A/C off after I shutdown the engine >>> and giving it a couple of seconds of run time before I turn the A/C >>> back on. Am I being silly? If it only saves a couple of percent, yes >>> I am. >> >> >> The compressor clutch will not engage until the engine is running, so the >> position of the A/C switch makes no difference on startup. >> >> You're better to turn the A/C off a couple of miles from home, not right at >> shutoff. Allowing the evaporator a few minutes to come to ambient >> temperature (with the blower fan remaining on) will help dry up the >> condensation that eventually leads to that "stinky socks" smell. > > Thanks. More for the stinky socks advice. I HATE that with a > passion. > > And if you have a turbo, make sure it idles for at least 30 seconds, > unless you have some sort of additional pressure oiling system. pressure isn't the issue with a turbo, it's "heat soak". heat from the turbine conducts back to the shaft and the bearings after it's switched off and cooks the oil in it. allowing the turbine to cool by idling [some trucks used to spec three minutes] before switch off mitigates this. using an oil that can take the heat [synthetics] is strongly recommended. |
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jim beam > wrote in
t: > Dillon Pyron wrote: >> >> And if you have a turbo, make sure it idles for at least 30 seconds, >> unless you have some sort of additional pressure oiling system. > > pressure isn't the issue with a turbo, it's "heat soak". heat from > the turbine conducts back to the shaft and the bearings after it's > switched off and cooks the oil in it. allowing the turbine to cool by > idling [some trucks used to spec three minutes] before switch off > mitigates this. using an oil that can take the heat [synthetics] is > strongly recommended. > I think what Dillon means is the sort of system that maintains oil flow through the turbo for X-minutes after engine shutdown. Such a system is meant to prevent the oil in the turbo from being heated to the point of coking. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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Thus spake Tegger > :
>jim beam > wrote in et: > >> Dillon Pyron wrote: > >>> >>> And if you have a turbo, make sure it idles for at least 30 seconds, >>> unless you have some sort of additional pressure oiling system. >> >> pressure isn't the issue with a turbo, it's "heat soak". heat from >> the turbine conducts back to the shaft and the bearings after it's >> switched off and cooks the oil in it. allowing the turbine to cool by >> idling [some trucks used to spec three minutes] before switch off >> mitigates this. using an oil that can take the heat [synthetics] is >> strongly recommended. >> > > >I think what Dillon means is the sort of system that maintains oil flow >through the turbo for X-minutes after engine shutdown. Such a system is >meant to prevent the oil in the turbo from being heated to the point of >coking. Yeah. Since I don't race "tin tops" any more, I can't remember the name of the system that did that. It would store up about a litre of oil in a little resivor and then use either air pressure (via a piston) or an electric pump to push the oil into the system. They also had one that primed the system at startup. With three pump dry sump systems, I don't worry about that, much. -- - dillon I am not invalid "Iran wants nukes? North Korea wants nukes? I'm sure we can give them some. Or the Navy." - former B52 wing commander |
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