Thread: Warming up the engine in the morning - will this help or hurt mpg?
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Old 11-30-2005, 07:39 PM
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Default Re: Warming up the engine in the morning - will this help or hurt mpg?
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Originally Posted by philmcneal
luckily for prius owners(prius II), the car stores warm car liquid and then realease them during cold starts to worm up the engine faster. Improving cold starts is one of the prius II advantage over the first one.




here are some stats to back it up. http://www.hybridexperience.ca/Toyot...erformance.htm
Could you explain what is "warm car liquid", where it is stored, and how it's released?

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