Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbie0723
Seeing the story on the news about the people stranded on the highway for a day in the snow got me wondering how long a car will idle on a tank of gas.
Turns our there is an easy way to estimate this for your car. You only need to know the displacement of your engine in L and the volume of you tank in gal. and the number .16.
Multiply your displacement by .16 to find out how many gallons your engine uses in an hour.
A 2L engine will use .32 gal/hr. Your 5.3L will use .85 gal/hr.
Divide the size of your tank by the rate to find the total run time for a full tank.
Multiply that by the percent your tank is full to find out how long.
My 1.5L car with a 14.8 gal tank will idle for over 60 hrs.
|
You could always just fill your car up, start it up and let it run for a couple of days.
