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<blockquote data-quote="tom4018" data-source="post: 370082" data-attributes="member: 55"><p>We did a test on a couple trucks in the fleet I previously worked in. Shut the trucks done every stop on the route and then any stop less than 15 minutes they left it running. Very little difference in fuel consumption( less than a gallon ), but sure did save starters, alternators and batteries. These were small diesels, 1 tons.</p><p></p><p>The heating and cooling cycle is hard on engines constant expanding and contracting, hard on head gaskets. </p><p></p><p>The epa link sure must be old $1.25 fuel. :lol: </p><p></p><p>Idling for long periods is not good, but for short stops I think idling is better. In the fleet we had less trouble out of trucks that drivers let idle than the one who shut it off every stop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tom4018, post: 370082, member: 55"] We did a test on a couple trucks in the fleet I previously worked in. Shut the trucks done every stop on the route and then any stop less than 15 minutes they left it running. Very little difference in fuel consumption( less than a gallon ), but sure did save starters, alternators and batteries. These were small diesels, 1 tons. The heating and cooling cycle is hard on engines constant expanding and contracting, hard on head gaskets. The epa link sure must be old $1.25 fuel. :lol: Idling for long periods is not good, but for short stops I think idling is better. In the fleet we had less trouble out of trucks that drivers let idle than the one who shut it off every stop. [/QUOTE]
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