Every car is somewhat different but generally they mostly have the same parts. My suggestion would be to learn the basic function of the various parts, how they interact and what they do. Then you can download or buy a repair manual (Clymer, Haynes, etc) and it will identify the specific parts in your car and show you them with diagrams, as well as give instructions on doing repair operations (removal and installation of the spark plugs, changing transmission oil, etc).
That has to be one of the absolute worst nü-car "features". If you drive with the ASS on, especially if you do a lot of city driving, you will be replacing your starter and your battery on a regular schedule. It's amazing that people just accept these "innovations " that make our lives measurably worse, but I guess what are we supposed to do?
I've ridden in a car with this and never could quite glean the actual purpose of this. Idling uses some but little fuel, certainly car companies don't care about my wallet that much so why would they bother programming this? Emission control?
People who want start/stop should just get a hybrid or an electric. It is indeed totally retarded on a gas car.
It's a way to game emissions standards, a way to get you coming in for more maintenance, and a way to make cars more disposable.
ASS is encouraged by the federal government by way of CAFE fuel economy ratings. It's not so much "gaming" the system as giving the retards at CAFE exactly what they asked for, and they have a nasty habit of asking car makers to put in features that do not even exist yet (a practice they share with the NFPA, who makes the National Electrical Code). It lets the manufacturer put a counter on your screen that shows how much fuel you "saved," which adds up to several dozen gallons over the life of an average newer car...it also thrashes your starter motor by putting additional wear cycles on it and your battery by deep cycling it, sending you back to the shop more often and adding to uneducated car owners' conception that cars are only good for five years or 100k miles, whichever come first. Thus putting more cars in landfills and defeating the whole point of "eco-friendly" features.
And making it even worse, all these newer cars put the starter in a totally nightmarish spot that requires six hours of disassembly just to get at. Meanwhile, you could swap out a starter on my old shitbox Ranger in 25 minutes if you know what you're doing.
That was mainly in response to his statement that the engine coolant was boiling the engine oil. I read that as the two fluids are mixing.
Do not perform a 20,000 mile oil change even if God himself descends from heaven to tell you it's OK...
I see. I think it's more likely there was just a regular leak somewhere that was significant enough to lose pressure in the cooling system and lower the boiling point of the coolant. The guy might just be mistaken that the transmission is causing it.
It definitively is part of the ploy. Making cars more expensive and complex while shortening their lifespans is perfectly in line with a push governmental push to reduce car ownership and automakers/finance companies to keep the consumer cycling through financed new cars until the grave.
Is that a push to start car? Sounds like it is but you mentioned keys in the ignition so I'm a bit confused.
It probably has a different name but I am not sure what else to call it. It is a push to start but the key fob is inserted in a port under the button.
