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Offshore Research Vessel, 2016 Camry, Telluride, 2005 S55 AMG
Anyone else do this?
As we know, these engines put off alot of heat. After every drive I always pop my hood and run fans on the engine to cool it down. Otherwise its unbearable to be in the garage. I'm sure I will be called weird by some.
I could do that, but then again I don't like parking her outside of the garage. Some shady characters in the neighborhood.
Imagine a world where no one felt the “need “ to mess with other peoples stuff! There are shady characters around just about every corner unfortunately.
Offshore Research Vessel, 2016 Camry, Telluride, 2005 S55 AMG
Isn't that the truth! Our neighbors vehicle was broken into along with some other vehicles damaged. We live in a nice neighborhood too, or so we thought. I think there's even a drug dealer or two a few blocks away. Its really sad and thats why the old girl always goes in the garage. Hope all is well MBGeez.
You're just spreading the same heat around the garage. In the summer months I park mine outside the garage for an hour to let most of the heat escape, but I don't live in your neighborhood. 😉 Does your garage have a window to open?
In the grand scheme of things, blowing air over the exterior of the engine accomplishes very little, and there is very little actual need to do this.
The heat capacity of the coolant, the oil, and the metals inside far exceeds what that fan can do blowing down on the top of the motor like that. I would wager a significant fraction of an hour's wages ( ) that if you were to to place a thermometer by the car, and time its rise and descent after the car arrives, there would be no appreciable difference in the temperature depending on whether the car is fanned or not.
I know you're talking about excessive heat in the garage, not excessive heat in the car, like hot-soak, but the best thing for the car is to never park it and shut it off immediately after hard running. If the car has been run hard, like some aggressive full-throttle light-to-light runs, a view times through your favorite twisties, or just donuts in the grocery store parking lot, the best thing for the car is a normal, sedate drive home. Circulates the coolant, brings the temperatures and pressures back to normal, and nothing wrong with parking and shutting down after that. Just don't park it before it has time to recover from high-performance running.
Offshore Research Vessel, 2016 Camry, Telluride, 2005 S55 AMG
I always let it idle a minute or so when I park it. I never run the car hard then shut it off. If I run her hard, I always follow it up with easy driving miles before I park.
I guess for me I thought I was helping it cool down better because it has some airflow with the fans while parked. I do realize there isn't a need to do this but I still find myself doing it.
'06 MB S55 AMG; '04 Audi Allroad 4.2; '05 BMW M3 Conv.; '92 MB 500E
Try Florida summers with a 500E in your garage if you think that’s hot... M119 V8 shoved into a space that never before housed a V8 at the hands of Porsche... the garage is still hot the next morning.
I let 2 cars idle out in the driveway in the wintertime to warm them up before pulling them into the garage to work on them. Their engines heat up the garage enough to keep it from being bitter cold.
Offshore Research Vessel, 2016 Camry, Telluride, 2005 S55 AMG
GrepAwk, I have been through that myself when I lived up north. I do miss the fall colors and how serene it gets as the snow starts to fall. I do not however miss working in a freezing garage and trying to keep my vehicles clean during winter.
GrepAwk, I have been through that myself when I lived up north. I do miss the fall colors and how serene it gets as the snow starts to fall. I do not however miss working in a freezing garage and trying to keep my vehicles clean during winter.
I am also in New England but I have a heated garage so no running the car to warm up the garage. I do find myself though opening the hood up to let the heat escape but then just like you my garage gets to be really hot afterwards...☹ ( don't like leaving the car out as well ) Been thinking of one of those AC wall units...
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) that if you were to to place a thermometer by the car, and time its rise and descent after the car arrives, there would be no appreciable difference in the temperature depending on whether the car is fanned or not.
