09-19-2015, 02:05 AM
Yeah. I've never shut off for traffic lights, but temporary construction delays on highways or clearing accidents on bridges etc... anything over 4 or 5 mins and looking to be longer sure.
My fear wouldn't be so much about getting in rear ended, as traffic has long backed up by this point, but losing all my oil flown as soon as I kill the engine. I get that you are also killing the biggest heat generator (combustion itself) but you are also effectively losing all your oil related cooling to the engine's hotspots.
My fear wouldn't be so much about getting in rear ended, as traffic has long backed up by this point, but losing all my oil flown as soon as I kill the engine. I get that you are also killing the biggest heat generator (combustion itself) but you are also effectively losing all your oil related cooling to the engine's hotspots.