HEAT! That brings up another question I forgot, which is, How fast does it warm up?

The myths are true in alaska, as very few people turn off their cars while they are making a quick coffee trip into a store or something. Additionally, about half of us don't turn off our engines when refilling gas. And also, lastly, we Start our cars and then go back inside to let them warm up a bit.

With my explorers, a problem appeared that the heat couldn't keep up when the car was idling. I would have to turn down the fan so the engine could keep at operating temperature.

1. Is it true that the engine will rev up until it hits operating temperature, and rev up to maintain it, if necessary?

2. How much heat can it put out?

I'm a pain, I know. thanks for the response brady, as 26mpg at -10 is an impressive number to me. I could only hope for 18-20mpg at -40 (which we typically spend three weeks at.