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Old December 26th, 2012, 05:31 PM   #22
DaBlue1
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Originally Posted by chadh92 View Post
.... I don't mind burning a little bit more fuel from a high idle...
It's not so much that you will burn extra gas, at that idle speed you can be a little on the lean side and it will cause the engine to heat up more, especially when the ambient temps go up.

Know that clunking you get when shifting from neutral to 1st? It gets better at a lower idle speed.
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