Auto stop question

From the manual.
There are more reasons it will not engage but here are the not so obvious.

“Auto Stops may not occur and/or auto restarts may occur because:

. The climate control settings require the engine to be running to cool or heat the vehicle interior.
. The vehicle battery needs to charge.
. The vehicle battery has recently been
disconnected.
. The engine or transmission is not at the
required operating temperature.
. The outside temperature is not in the required operating range”


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Do you think that stopping the engine at intersections is good? And you know that starting the engine is a critical situation and the wear of the engine at startup is much greater than when it is running evenly. When I was studying, we were told about this in the discipline of RELIABILITY. And it really is! To put it another way, then one start of the engine (and indeed any device) is equivalent to a certain time of operation of this device in normal mode. Of course, I can't say how many minutes of engine operation is equivalent to starting it, but our reliability experts calculated that turning on and off a color lamp TV once is equivalent to 2.5 hours of its normal operation. Thus, it makes no sense to turn off such a TV for less than 2.5 hours. This is from the point of view of its technical resource. So the same thing happens with the car. Engine wear is stronger at startup than at idle. And if you stop it at every intersection, then its resource is consumed more than if you didn't stop it. Yes, of course you save fuel, but at the same time you will need to repair the engine on your car earlier than if you did not have an automatic stop function. In this regard, on my car, I turn off this fugktion every time I go. And I have a question for my colleagues. Maybe someone knows how to disable this function so that the car remembers that it never needs to be used??

Sergej said:

Do you think that stopping the engine at intersections is good? And you know that starting the engine is a critical situation and the wear of the engine at startup is much greater than when it is running evenly. When I was studying, we were told about this in the discipline of RELIABILITY. And it really is! To put it another way, then one start of the engine (and indeed any device) is equivalent to a certain time of operation of this device in normal mode. Of course, I can't say how many minutes of engine operation is equivalent to starting it, but our reliability experts calculated that turning on and off a color lamp TV once is equivalent to 2.5 hours of its normal operation. Thus, it makes no sense to turn off such a TV for less than 2.5 hours. This is from the point of view of its technical resource. So the same thing happens with the car. Engine wear is stronger at startup than at idle. And if you stop it at every intersection, then its resource is consumed more than if you didn't stop it. Yes, of course you save fuel, but at the same time you will need to repair the engine on your car earlier than if you did not have an automatic stop function. In this regard, on my car, I turn off this fugktion every time I go. And I have a question for my colleagues. Maybe someone knows how to disable this function so that the car remembers that it never needs to be used??

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I read an interesting article on this subject:
-First point was that yes frequent starting caused by auto stop will cause additional wear. BUT manufacturers have taken this under consideration in engine design. It said "
In the short term, though, you don’t have to worry too much about whether your engine or its various components are being damaged by frequent starts. They’ve been engineered for it, and they’re different than the components in a vehicle without this technology.
Second: "
Cold engine startup is commonly recognized as the most vulnerable time for internal engine components. The lubricant is cold, and it hasn’t had time to pressurize and lubricate all of the moving components on the top of the engine.
Auto stop-start systems aren’t as potentially damaging as cold starts, though, simply because the engine isn’t cold. Not only are the engines at operating temperature before the stop-start system begins to work, the vehicles also use electric water pumps to maintain optimal engine temperature when they’re stopped. If the engine is off long enough to reduce engine temperature significantly, the engine will automatically restart.
Secondly, while the engine’s oiling system isn’t completely pressurized as it is when it’s running, the oil in the passages hasn’t been allowed to completely run down into the oil pan.
Finally, suppliers are addressing wear with dry lubricants on components like main engine bearings. Engine bearings are typically designed to withstand 100,000 start cycles. New bearings are now in use that are designed to withstand 250,000 to 300,000 start cycles. Federal Mogul, for example, has been incorporating polymers on the connecting rod bearings for cars with auto-stop/start systems to reduce friction when oil isn’t pumping."
Personally I don't like this feature. I find it a pain in the butt and not necessary as even the manufacturers say at its optimum it saves 3% on fuel consumption.
Lastly I found this interesting:Owners of sporty cars with “Dynamic” or “Sport” modes will note that selecting those modes will automatically disable the system, too. I will try this out tomorrow and see if it is true for TB.
This too was of interest: For example, Mazda has a technology called i-Stop that doesn’t use a starter for restarts at all. It uses engine combustion. As a driver releases the brake pedal, the fuel injector in one cylinder fires and the spark plug ignites, allowing the engine to start with combustion, rather than an electric starter motor.

ZR2LIFE said:

I've heard the one that installs using the hood switch also disables remote start.

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While my girlfriend wasn't looking i snuck out to the garage and plugged the disabler in. It seriously took like 10 seconds not counting the time it would take to tidy up the wires.
I shut the hood,hit the remote start and it fired right up theres no check engine or hood ajar light on in the dash. I didn't go on a test drive,but i'm going to assume the disabler is doing it's job.
I read a bunch on the hood latch disablers and I dont think I trust some of the reviews. Some people say be careful or you'll get it plugged in backards which blows my mind that they have trouble installing something so simple.
Maybe the remote start not working is a quality control issue with the plug? All of the ones i've bought have been excellent quality.



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