A Golden Age of 86ing EPA cr@p.

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'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

I cannot stand auto stop start. I programmed it out on my last F-150 that had it.

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Me too. I tried to code it out of the GLK using Autel system but was unable to get it to change from active to not active.

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Jim

Just hit the button on the dash after start up.

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- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Yea, that what I do when I remember it.

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Jim

I have some small engines with decompression for easy pull starting.

Starting and stopping an otherwise running engine isn't healthy for the engine. It produces unnecessary wear in it.

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'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

At least we've moved beyond "it wears out the starter."

Yeah but nothing does the trick like a good ol carbeurator!

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

You should provide your input to the thousands of engineers across all automakers who have been designing millions of stop start systems for decades! I doubt they thought of that.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Does it really? Say that you have a fully warmed up fuel-injected engine that is shut down for 30 seconds at a traffic light. I doubt that 30 seconds is long enough to allow a critical amount of oil to run off of lubricated surfaces, and fuel injection would minimize the washing down of cylinder walls with excess gasoline during the restart process. 30 seconds is not enough time for the engine to cool down to any significant degree, so the clearances between moving parts won't significantly change.

I would be surprised if a modern engine would be materially affected by a few extra starts during the day. I have noticed that the stop/start process will not be initiated under certain conditions, and I believe that a cold engine is one of those conditions.

I can't imagine it hurting the engine.

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