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Old 06-13-2008, 10:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
Xringer
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I've been looking in this Haynes repair manual and it says the CRV idle should be set to
480 (+/- 50) RPM.
My Scanguage2 has been displaying around 800 after warm up.

I might try to lower it down to around 450 and see how it works..
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I have started shutting the engine off at long stop lights, but when I pull up to a
stop sign and have to wait for a few cars to come over the hill and pass by,
I have no clue how long I'll be waiting, it can be 5 to 45 seconds.
So, since most of the time, it's only 15 or 20 seconds, I'm going to save some wear-n-tear and leave the engine idling.

And, when I'm in stop and go traffic, moving for 15 seconds and stopping for 15 seconds, logic says having a lower idle could save some fuel..
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