Will my car start easier in the morning if I run the engine for a few minutes tonight?

[Anonymous]

Somewhere I got the notion that if I run my car a bit now, like 15 minutes, it will start easier in the morning when the temperature is 5-10 degrees colder. Does that make sense?

[Anonymous]

No, it won't make a difference.

[Anonymous]

Mmm, no.

[Anonymous]

OK. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Did you drive your car today?

[Anonymous]

Are you running to the store to return eggs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you running to the store to return eggs?

[Anonymous]

If you make sure your fuel if full before you shut it of. Example put in park hit gas . Shut off

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you make sure your fuel if full before you shut it of. Example put in park hit gas . Shut off

WTH?

[Anonymous]

So I accidentally flooded my engine doing something like that years ago. I had an important dr appt in the morning, so the night before I started my car, and moved it from the driveway into the garage and shut it off.

Go to start it in the morning, won’t go. Call AAA, get towed, miss my spot, come to find out that driving it that short a time flooded my engine. So I don’t recommend it.

[Anonymous]

^ “spot” = “appt”

[Anonymous]

Battery needs to be perky to start at low temps. If your car has difficulty starting, you need to charge your own car battery or get a new battery. Not talking about electric vehicles, just regular ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I accidentally flooded my engine doing something like that years ago. I had an important dr appt in the morning, so the night before I started my car, and moved it from the driveway into the garage and shut it off.

Go to start it in the morning, won’t go. Call AAA, get towed, miss my spot, come to find out that driving it that short a time flooded my engine. So I don’t recommend it.

No. Cars are started and stopped like this all the time without mishap. You got ripped off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I accidentally flooded my engine doing something like that years ago. I had an important dr appt in the morning, so the night before I started my car, and moved it from the driveway into the garage and shut it off.

Go to start it in the morning, won’t go. Call AAA, get towed, miss my spot, come to find out that driving it that short a time flooded my engine. So I don’t recommend it.

No. Cars are started and stopped like this all the time without mishap. You got ripped off.

No, you idiot, that’s exactly what happened. It was a cold winter night, I flooded the engine. Here’s an explanation for you. https://www.driverknowledgetests.com/resources/flooded-engine/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I accidentally flooded my engine doing something like that years ago. I had an important dr appt in the morning, so the night before I started my car, and moved it from the driveway into the garage and shut it off.

Go to start it in the morning, won’t go. Call AAA, get towed, miss my spot, come to find out that driving it that short a time flooded my engine. So I don’t recommend it.

No. Cars are started and stopped like this all the time without mishap. You got ripped off.

No, you idiot, that’s exactly what happened. It was a cold winter night, I flooded the engine. Here’s an explanation for you. https://www.driverknowledgetests.com/resources/flooded-engine/

Before you start calling people names, maybe realize that this isn't really an issue with fuel injected engines. How old was the car you apparently flooded?

If it was merely flooded it would have started by the time tow truck arrived.