A car engine can use as much as half a gallon of fuel after idling for an hour. Why is 'idling' so bad for cars? What to know ...

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 ...

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.

Car owners would typically refer to the owner's manual to determine servicing requirements such as how many miles before the oil needs to be changed. However, there's a reason why manufacturers often ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Attorney General for the District of Columbia (“AG”) filed a December 10th Complaint for Violation of Engine Idling Regulations (“Complaint”) against Greyhound Lines, Inc. (“Greyhound”) in the ...