# Remote starters, how do they work?!?? \[split\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 30, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starters-how-do-they-work-split/262097 "2011-12-30T20:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starters-how-do-they-work-split/262097/14 "2011-12-30T22:22:14Z")
> [@NYSpeed Watkins Glen (IRL) Showcase - July 4th, 5th & 6th 2008! \*Now With TRACK TIME!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-watkins-glen-irl-showcase-july-4th-5th-6th-2008-now-with-track-time/45532/64): > > Seriously? AMD is 100% correct on this one. It is NOT beneficial in any way other than to defrost your windows and heat your interior. That being said, in this fuckin’ state I am more than happy to idle my car while i brush my teeth in the morning. > > Sent from my K1 using Tapatalk I agree… past the 1 minute or so engine warm-up the only benefit is warming up the interior and windows (which is why 90% of the people get the remote starter) However letting it idle is not going to do any real damage to a vehicle either… unless you are sitting there letting it run for hours on end… but most remote starters have a time-out period of 20-30 minutes. > [@\--- GRAND THEFT AUTO IV --- Thread!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/grand-theft-auto-iv-thread/47618/123): > > I did not talk bad about his business and I do know that he does excellent work. I’ve seen his work plenty of times on here and I’m sure he installs these starters perfect. Not bashing him in ANY way. > > Proof, no. I mean other then the fact that my mothers cats died with 80k on the car. She happened to have a remote start that she used for about 5 years. Could just be a coincidence. > > Go check the owners manual in your ride and report back please. Let me know where it says to let the vehicle to idle for 5 minutes or more. Good luck in finding that one. > > Open loop just means that the car will ignore the 02 sensor and follow its predetermined enrichment maps (one being the warmup enrichment map scale) and not use the o2 sensor to correct the afr. Still running rich, still killing the cats. I said “choke” because I didn’t know that I was working with a genius like yourself who knows the ins and out to ECU programming (something that I actually do know). The term choke can still apply regardless. Yes, the vehicle will be in open loop during the warm-up period, but regardless of if it’s idling or driving once warmed up it will convert to a closed loop system which will correct the afr. I took a look in my wife’s Jeep manual and it does not say anywhere that it is bad to let it idle for any extended period of time. In addition, if it were really that bad for a vehicle, I highly doubt the factory would have a remote starter as an option… esspecially on a vehicle with a lifetime powertrain warranty. With all that said, can a mod please move this to its own topic. Although it may be a good discussion in the great Shift fashion, I’d like to keep this thread strictly business related. I’m not asking to delete any of the posts b/c I have no interest in hiding any opinions / facts / beliefs, I would just like to keep this thread clean. Thanks. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starters-how-do-they-work-split/262097)._