Originally Posted by
phil alvirez
when touching the engine after stopped, noticed it is very hot. hot air goes up, and there is no way for the air to flow with the hood closed. so, when the engine is stopped, the temperature increases more that when it is running.
when tried leaving the hood open, it cooled down fast.
perhaps a simple solution may be when you reach a destination, to open the hood until it cools off. and if the sun hits it, place something as a spacer and close the hood partially.
Now . . . imagine an huge Wally mart parking full of car with all their hood open on an hot 30 C.+ afternoon or on all the parking along streets of big Citys
Hot or warm engine consume less gaz when restarted so . . . less gaz equal less polution,less harder on Battery, on Starter and a lot more less on many things.
May be You should get the hood off completely on your car and leave it at home if You think it will be better for the engine but do not toutch engine manifold because they will still get hot .
Daniel