Originally Posted by
omgosh
Good theory but I dont know how much that will hurt a motor. The oil pressure wont instantly bleed off if the motor stumbles. And if .5 seconds of not running >750rpm would starve the bearings, we'd be draining metal out of the pan every oil change just due to starting the motor. They probably just dont know what theyre doing and beat on the cars as well.
I drive my DSM daily for 6 years with no idle control. The only thing that really gets me is when the car is cold and I pull up to a stop sign, one out of 10 times it will die out.
i think what Ep was trying to get at, is those cars idle like shit, and idle at a lower RPM, what will happen at a 500 or under idle, the oil pump isn't pushing the amount of oil a motor needs to function properly at idle, and hence, killing bearings over time.
that and well, there's a handful of people you DON'T want to contest, you just take as gospel, and Ep is one of them.