Diesel vehicles keep engine running

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Paddy replied

3 October 2009, 07:32
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

Well, probably cos with a diesel you have to wait 5 seconds for the igniter light to go out before you can turn the starter. Such a waste of one's life that is.

Only when the engine cold. HDi s seem to be instant even when cold. I even turn my engine off at traffic lights, but I would never have done that in my Ford.
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xoggoth replied

2 October 2009, 20:57
Well, probably cos with a diesel you have to wait 5 seconds for the igniter light to go out before you can turn the starter. Such a waste of one's life that is.
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TykeMerc replied

2 October 2009, 16:39
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Yep, even if the car is on your own driveway. Keeps the "solved" crime stats looking good.

This also applies even if there's a responsible adult in the passenger seat.
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threaded replied

2 October 2009, 15:55
Originally posted by swamp View Post

Why do people in diesel engine cars, vans and trucks keep the engine running when they have pulled over and stopped? I see it all the time. Ten minutes on the phone by the side of the road? No problem, I'll keep the engine running. Coaches and buses are the worst.

Petrol-powered vehicle drivers have no such aversion to the ignition key. Why only diesel drivers do this? Are they scared their engine won't work?

A diesel on tick-over uses very little fuel. When it gets real cold here on the farm we'll leave the machines running for days on end so stuff isn't frozen up when needed.

What you see is also partly a mirage, petrol drivers leave their engines running too. It's just that diesels on tick-over are noisier, so you notice them more.
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DimPrawn replied

2 October 2009, 15:09
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

Yeah, people have been done for it in winter as I recall.

Yep, even if the car is on your own driveway. Keeps the "solved" crime stats looking good.
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TimberWolf replied

2 October 2009, 15:07
Originally posted by Sysman View Post

It's an offence to leave your engine running when not in the car. I think it comes under "not under proper control of the vehicle" or such like.

Yeah, people have been done for it in winter as I recall.
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Sysman replied

2 October 2009, 15:05
It's an offence to leave your engine running when not in the car. I think it comes under "not under proper control of the vehicle" or such like.
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DS23 replied

2 October 2009, 14:30
i don't.
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TimberWolf replied

2 October 2009, 14:20
Often when I pop into the local shop I don't bother locking the car doors. So one day I come back to find an old guy sat in my car trying to start it. I say, "would you mind getting in your own car", to which he got quite upset and seemed a bit bewildered looking at his own keys saying "don't you lock your door!". And then buggered off. He's probably either in a nut house or has a fleet of cars by now.
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BrilloPad replied

2 October 2009, 14:14
They are keeping the air conditioning running.

HTH
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DimPrawn replied

2 October 2009, 14:14
Because their employer is paying for the fuel.

Simples.
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sasguru replied

2 October 2009, 14:13
They're trying to avoid the horrible noise of start-up.
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TimberWolf replied

2 October 2009, 14:13
Coach and buses being the worst because most coach and buses are diesel?
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swamp started a topic Diesel vehicles keep engine running

2 October 2009, 14:10
Diesel vehicles keep engine running

Why do people in diesel engine cars, vans and trucks keep the engine running when they have pulled over and stopped? I see it all the time. Ten minutes on the phone by the side of the road? No problem, I'll keep the engine running. Coaches and buses are the worst.

Petrol-powered vehicle drivers have no such aversion to the ignition key. Why only diesel drivers do this? Are they scared their engine won't work?
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