Idling is when you leave your car’s engine running while not moving. Long thought to be better for your car than shutting it down, idling actually gets you nowhere. Here’s why you should turn off your ...

About a year-and-a-half ago, I wrote about engine idling and how most of the time it’s simply a waste of gas and money and pumps unnecessary pollution into the air. I feel even more strongly about it ...

You’re right about everything except harming the engine. These days, with fuel injection and computer engine management, cars and trucks can idle until they run out of gas without doing any extra ...

Many drivers wonder if they should turn off their engines while waiting at red lights to save fuel. Research shows that ...

Question: I have a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado S10 and, lately, the engine has been surging while at an idle. I was told this could be a “dirty ETV valve.” Does that sound right? What else might be the ...

Not long ago, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, arrived at work on Capitol Hill to find a line of SUVs waiting to pick up their passengers. Firing off a letter to President Bush, Grassley wrote that ...

A Salt Lake City-area school district is urging school bus drivers not to let their engines idle while waiting for children in the school pickup line. They also urge parents to cut their car engines.

If idle hands are the devil's tools, then idling motors are the oil man's ploy. Or something like that. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission on Friday implemented an anti-idling policy ...

We’ve all heard the idea: In winter, your car needs a little time to warm up before you can drive it. And that’s why across the United States, people who live in cold and snowy places and especially ...