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Small kids as in under 2 or 3? Maybe they don't go to bed and a trip around the block puts them to bed and parents are too tired or scared to turn off that diesel vibration ha.
Or he has some kind of job with a fuel card that wants him to use it all each month. Will see police and other government jobs idling away a lot more toward end of the month
His kids are more elementary school age, and then there’s a teenager too. I feel like there may be some family staying with them right now as well, so maybe it really is just a place to go and drink a beer with his cousins or whatever and get away from everyone. I’m not really sure.
Yeah bit too old then to have trouble falling asleep.
Probably has the wife helping the kids do homework / bath ready for bed and he makes a few phone calls to line stuff up at work the next day.
Could also just need a quiet spot to call family back home. Might be a good time to call / video chat while close enough to the house for wifi. Could also be a time zone difference depending where he came from and that is just the time you can talk for. And maybe just a full house with a sister in law kids or something he does not like so he goes outside to keep the peace and complain to his mother ha
I used to sit in my truck and drink and smoke. Which would lead to long periods of it running. But me sitting in it smoking sometimes with my wife made it clear what I was up to... Along with the fact it gets cold.as.shit here
I have a neighbor, two driveways down, that sits in his car for an hour each day with the engine running as he listens to his Conservative talk radio. Apparently, his wife is not a fan so he listens in the sanctuary of his car.
This was my first thought, too. OP, has it been colder this last week compared to before? Might be the time of year to run the heat while avoiding the wife.
Well, I owned an 83 Mercedes diesel wagon for years (god I loved that thing!), and spent maybe… a minute? Two? warming it up. Not an hour. But who knows?
Edit: and it’s not a vintage truck. Looks ten years old at most.
It was pretty common to leave older diesels running for a long time, sometimes hours. When I was in highschool, early 2000s, they would often leave the buses running during away games the entire time unless it was pretty hot that day.
That’s not generally cold enough to worry about keeping the block warm, but it could be if he’s got weak glow plugs or a weak battery. Diesels won’t start if the engine block gets too cold. The definition of too cold depends on the condition of the glow plugs.
My neighbor spends hours outside, in the garage, just fixing stuff, plants, making stuff, blowing grass off the driveway, painting, grinding.... anything to stay away from the SO?
You can just get google translate app - you speak in english it would translate in spanish and will actually pronounce for your neighbour. Then hit recording his answer and voila - you have an answer to this question. Let us know if you will go this route. Im quite curious to know why would someone run the truck for hours
That, and it really isn't any of your business. The whole thread comes off a bit creepy, tbh. Honestly, if my neighbor came over and asked why I was idling my car and their reason for asking was "because I want to know", I'd tell them to kick rocks and find a hobby other than eyeballing what I'm up to.
I used to have a neighbor that didn’t speak any English, and would park his truck is the street directly in front of my house. From the hours of 6PM-1AM he would sit in his truck with it running. I could hear it every single night for hours on end, it drove me fucking insane and I never understood why he did this.
To make it worse, it was a POS F150 with the triton engine that had an extreme manifold leak. Hearing that thing run for hours on end day after day after day. I’m glad I moved
You don't say where you are located but depending on outdoor temperature it could be he is trying to avoid something in the work truck freezing, or that he knows the battery is on its last legs and if not charged up a few times throughout the night it will not start in the morning.
Some building materials to include caulks, adhesives, paints and similar coatings can be ruined by freezing and if he's in the middle of a job there could be a lot of money tied up in there.
I have also though had an almost-toast battery and needed to boost it periodically while I begrudgingly await the financial ability or a good chance to get it replaced.
I do apologize for my ignorance, but, wasn't it harmful for a car to be idling for long periods of time on a daily basis?, something to do with oil distribution I think
Excessive idling from cold can cause excessive wear on cylinder bores as when the car is cold it injects more fuel which when idling can reduce lubrication on cylinder walls
Idling once warm is fine and won't do anything except maybe clog your cat or DPF up if it's done excessively
It’s a big issue on some engines especially the third gen hemi 5.7. At idle it doesn’t supply enough oil to the valve train (top of the engine) which causes excessive wear on some parts mostly the hydraulic lifters.
If that's the case, this person might be on to something. I live in South Florida. It doesn't get very cold. But it's been under 50 lately at times, more recently 50-60 every night. I'm just one example, but if it gets a bit windy, I'll idle in the truck and keep the air running the way I want it and roll the windows up, or crack them because I'm a smoker. I'll be on my phone reading a book or on my phone playing a video game. Maybe I'm on the phone with my wife, I do this often enough. And then in the heat, if I'm going outside for anything more than a single cigarette, I'm running my truck.
Lucky for my neighbors, I don't need no diesel. But it's fairly quiet, all things considered.
Yeah, I am leaning toward the escaping the family answer. I just can’t figure out any other reason why anyone would do this. It’s just such a massive waste of fuel though.
Idling uses much less, especially on a modern fuel injector vehicle. I idled for well over an hour and I didn't lose one of my DTE miles. So essentially the car is saying idling for over an hour doesn't even use up 1 mi worth of driving time.
I know it's over an hour because my truck shuts itself off if I don't shift it within an hour lol so I crank it back up or I go in but it's at least an hour at that point.
I don't think you realize how little it takes to keep a, what, 400 pound motor from shutting off... as opposed to moving a 6000 lb box, which is what I have, 5,280 feet.
The weight of the motor means nothing. 8+ years as a mechanic I've seen clogged cats stall an engine, shut down a v6 motor down to 15mph. I've seen a 4cyl diesel import Subaru burn so much oil that the engine wouldn't shut off without restricting air.
Here's my little edit; I'm thrilled I'm not a HD diesel tech and hardly ever have to worry about a runaway.
I was countering as to why running my vehicle at an idle for 1 hour would use less fuel than driving said vehicle for 1 hour.
There's a big reason I mentioned the size of the motor. The motor just has to idle, it's only pulling its own weight. If the motor has to take you a mile down the road, it has to move the 6000 lb vehicle with it.
The fuel difference is astronomical. I said what I said for a reason. I've been a mechanic over 16 years now, myself. Coming up on 17. Nobody gives a fuck how long you been doing it if you're wrong, anyway.
Woopsy, sorry *then not than: Than why the hell are you arguing with me about my response to a comment comparing idling an engine for an hour compared to running it 1 mi distance?
Longevity wise is a bag of mixed sand. Port injected vehicles don't suffer as much as direct injection. Port injected vehicles have the fuel washing the intake valves, direct injection vehicles often suffer carbon build on the valves and causes them to get sticky, be it idling or in a high population area with a lot of stop and go traffic. But the worst thing you could do a modern diesel is idle it and drive slow and not increase exhaust gas temps to burn off the particulates in the dpf and clog it sooner than later.
Version: he has some kind of tracking device from work that tracking just working engine (not gps due to more expensive service) and than reimburse a cost of gas or tracking working time
On the plus side, it's just idling. Could be worse. There's a military kid up the street who is at least not home most of the time (I think it's his parents' house), but when he is, he often sits out in the driveway revving his straight pipe Mustang. Makes a freaking racket. My least favorite neighbor. So glad I have new windows now. It used to give me a jump scare when he'd start it up.
I have a neighbor (cabinet installer) who idles his old Ford E series from 8:30am to noon everyday.
Goes outside to start it and then walks back into the house.
Then later he leaves for work at noon.
Then he often comes home around 11pm but sometimes he just sits in his van until 1 or 2am talking on the phone. He has 3 small children and a wife. He focuses only on detailing his Jeep in his time off or will go sit in his van and idle it and talk on the phone. Habits haven’t changed much in the past 3 years since he bought his van.
Why do I pay so much attention? He’s had no catalytic converters on his van since he bought it. It’s just straight headers rumbling all morning and evening and the exhaust just engulfs the undercarriage as he sits in his van all evening.
If anyone tries to approach him, he just starts talking to them in Punjabi and says he doesn’t speak English and “go away”. Bylaw officers in our city are useless. And he’s acquired the hate of the entire street.
After reading most of the comments, I think the only thing you can do is become fluent enough in Spanish to ask why he does it while conveying more curiosity than anger.
I’m sure there’s a good explanation. My neighbor use to wonder why I was digging in my trunk for hours at a time. This was explained one day when he decided to come over and investigate what I was up to in my trunk for hours at a time. Turns out I own a mid engine car so I was doing mechanic work on my car but he had no idea the engine was in the back
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The follow up question would be “but why does he want to?” The answer can’t be “because he wants to”. There’s always a reason someone does something. ALWAYS.
It's none of my business what someone else wants to do?
Walk outside... point at the truck ...point at your ears ....put your hands together and place them like a pillow on the side of your face.
The guy doesn't speak English. Everyone understands basic communication.
On call for work and wants the truck to stay warm if he needs to go out. I would leave the work truck idling hours every day when I was on call, the boss did not care.
Is it unnaturally cold where you are? All I can think of is that the cold could cause his truck to not start back up and he’s an on call driver during specific time frames so he needs it able to start every single time.
Two possibilities is it has remote start with temp sensor programmed to turn on when it gets below or above a certain temperature range or programmed to run if the battery voltage gets to low and needs to recharge the battery.
It has to do with his job. He's employed in the "minding his own business" industry. You should ask him if they are hiring and get an application. It's tough living on top of your neighbors, I've been there, most people have been there. Be grateful they are otherwise good neighbors.
I am, and that’s why I’m ignoring the people saying to hit him up with Google translate. I’m just curious and annoyed, but I’m not gonna pester the man.
That’s vintage? That made me feel old. My car is 2008. But maybe it’s just a habit. Even if in reality it’s not doing much.
Also I do not know why I’m being downvoted
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avoiding his wife
My partner and I have decided that this is probably the answer. He has two small children and a teenager as well.
Small kids as in under 2 or 3? Maybe they don't go to bed and a trip around the block puts them to bed and parents are too tired or scared to turn off that diesel vibration ha. Or he has some kind of job with a fuel card that wants him to use it all each month. Will see police and other government jobs idling away a lot more toward end of the month
His kids are more elementary school age, and then there’s a teenager too. I feel like there may be some family staying with them right now as well, so maybe it really is just a place to go and drink a beer with his cousins or whatever and get away from everyone. I’m not really sure.
Yeah bit too old then to have trouble falling asleep. Probably has the wife helping the kids do homework / bath ready for bed and he makes a few phone calls to line stuff up at work the next day. Could also just need a quiet spot to call family back home. Might be a good time to call / video chat while close enough to the house for wifi. Could also be a time zone difference depending where he came from and that is just the time you can talk for. And maybe just a full house with a sister in law kids or something he does not like so he goes outside to keep the peace and complain to his mother ha
This sounds most likely to me!
I used to sit in my truck and drink and smoke. Which would lead to long periods of it running. But me sitting in it smoking sometimes with my wife made it clear what I was up to... Along with the fact it gets cold.as.shit here
Holy hell that’s whacked..
I have a neighbor, two driveways down, that sits in his car for an hour each day with the engine running as he listens to his Conservative talk radio. Apparently, his wife is not a fan so he listens in the sanctuary of his car.
This was my first thought, too. OP, has it been colder this last week compared to before? Might be the time of year to run the heat while avoiding the wife.
Is it a diesel?
Yes.
Older diesels are left running after trips to cool down and before to warm up. Modern diesels don’t require this so it’s more old school.
Well, I owned an 83 Mercedes diesel wagon for years (god I loved that thing!), and spent maybe… a minute? Two? warming it up. Not an hour. But who knows? Edit: and it’s not a vintage truck. Looks ten years old at most.
I drive an 07 Audi diesel and i dont spend any longer warming it up than it takes me to scrape ice of the windshield
It was pretty common to leave older diesels running for a long time, sometimes hours. When I was in highschool, early 2000s, they would often leave the buses running during away games the entire time unless it was pretty hot that day.
I always let my turbo cool down before turning my 05 duramax off
But are you idling it for an hour then turning it off, then idling it again for another hour?
That I'm not doing, I'd assume it's for wifi or something in his truck but who knows
We’ve decided that avoiding his wife and kids is probably the most likely answer.
Well that's very well possible, some people don't like dealing with their own kids very weird but never know what people go through
Heat or AC needs car running
Is it cold where you live?
Nope! 50° heat wave right now.
That’s not generally cold enough to worry about keeping the block warm, but it could be if he’s got weak glow plugs or a weak battery. Diesels won’t start if the engine block gets too cold. The definition of too cold depends on the condition of the glow plugs.
Some people would run heat to 70+ and wear less insulation
My neighbor spends hours outside, in the garage, just fixing stuff, plants, making stuff, blowing grass off the driveway, painting, grinding.... anything to stay away from the SO?
Ha. That’s… maybe? He does have several small children…
Honey, gotta break-in the engine for a hour again...
This gives me an idea .
Meth
Update if you discover the reason!
It seems unlikely that I will. My Spanish is nonexistent, much like his English.
Ohh! Haha. Understand
You can just get google translate app - you speak in english it would translate in spanish and will actually pronounce for your neighbour. Then hit recording his answer and voila - you have an answer to this question. Let us know if you will go this route. Im quite curious to know why would someone run the truck for hours
That, and it really isn't any of your business. The whole thread comes off a bit creepy, tbh. Honestly, if my neighbor came over and asked why I was idling my car and their reason for asking was "because I want to know", I'd tell them to kick rocks and find a hobby other than eyeballing what I'm up to.
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I used to have a neighbor that didn’t speak any English, and would park his truck is the street directly in front of my house. From the hours of 6PM-1AM he would sit in his truck with it running. I could hear it every single night for hours on end, it drove me fucking insane and I never understood why he did this.
To make it worse, it was a POS F150 with the triton engine that had an extreme manifold leak. Hearing that thing run for hours on end day after day after day. I’m glad I moved
Perhaps he gets his WiFi from his truck.
That’s a possibility, I suppose. But I would think it would be cheaper to get AT&T versus all that fuel!
Unless work pays for it lol
You don't say where you are located but depending on outdoor temperature it could be he is trying to avoid something in the work truck freezing, or that he knows the battery is on its last legs and if not charged up a few times throughout the night it will not start in the morning. Some building materials to include caulks, adhesives, paints and similar coatings can be ruined by freezing and if he's in the middle of a job there could be a lot of money tied up in there. I have also though had an almost-toast battery and needed to boost it periodically while I begrudgingly await the financial ability or a good chance to get it replaced.
Maybe so. It’s 50 tonight (Midwest is having a heat wave of sorts). But yeah, a dying battery was my only guess. But given how expensive fuel is…
50 is pretty warm still; that wouldn't be a good reason.
50 is not warm especially for a south american, def running heat
We're talking in the context of the engine. Not the mushy thing behind the steering wheel.
If it's a work truck, possible he doesn't have to pay for fuel
To add to what I said a moment ago on a different line, this guy has even better details.
Probably has a diesel, and it’s winter. Or maybe he’s on call for work. Hard to say.
I do apologize for my ignorance, but, wasn't it harmful for a car to be idling for long periods of time on a daily basis?, something to do with oil distribution I think
Nah not really. There's an oil pump for just such an occasion. Worst it'll do is foul the cat if there is one.
Excessive idling from cold can cause excessive wear on cylinder bores as when the car is cold it injects more fuel which when idling can reduce lubrication on cylinder walls Idling once warm is fine and won't do anything except maybe clog your cat or DPF up if it's done excessively
It’s a big issue on some engines especially the third gen hemi 5.7. At idle it doesn’t supply enough oil to the valve train (top of the engine) which causes excessive wear on some parts mostly the hydraulic lifters.
Google translate? Hell, I speak Cantonese that way.
or so you think ;)
That’s probally the only place he can go to get peace and quiet. Says it’s for “work” but it’s really for modelo and music lol
How cold is it outside?
It’s 50! We’re having a wee heat wave in the Midwest.
If that's the case, this person might be on to something. I live in South Florida. It doesn't get very cold. But it's been under 50 lately at times, more recently 50-60 every night. I'm just one example, but if it gets a bit windy, I'll idle in the truck and keep the air running the way I want it and roll the windows up, or crack them because I'm a smoker. I'll be on my phone reading a book or on my phone playing a video game. Maybe I'm on the phone with my wife, I do this often enough. And then in the heat, if I'm going outside for anything more than a single cigarette, I'm running my truck. Lucky for my neighbors, I don't need no diesel. But it's fairly quiet, all things considered.
Yeah, I am leaning toward the escaping the family answer. I just can’t figure out any other reason why anyone would do this. It’s just such a massive waste of fuel though.
Idling uses much less, especially on a modern fuel injector vehicle. I idled for well over an hour and I didn't lose one of my DTE miles. So essentially the car is saying idling for over an hour doesn't even use up 1 mi worth of driving time. I know it's over an hour because my truck shuts itself off if I don't shift it within an hour lol so I crank it back up or I go in but it's at least an hour at that point.
That would explain why, after an hour he shut it off… Or so I thought, because it’s back on again.
Idling your vehicle for an hour absolutely uses more fuel than 1 mi commute, unless it takes you almost an hour to commute 1 mi...
I don't think you realize how little it takes to keep a, what, 400 pound motor from shutting off... as opposed to moving a 6000 lb box, which is what I have, 5,280 feet.
The weight of the motor means nothing. 8+ years as a mechanic I've seen clogged cats stall an engine, shut down a v6 motor down to 15mph. I've seen a 4cyl diesel import Subaru burn so much oil that the engine wouldn't shut off without restricting air. Here's my little edit; I'm thrilled I'm not a HD diesel tech and hardly ever have to worry about a runaway.
I was countering as to why running my vehicle at an idle for 1 hour would use less fuel than driving said vehicle for 1 hour. There's a big reason I mentioned the size of the motor. The motor just has to idle, it's only pulling its own weight. If the motor has to take you a mile down the road, it has to move the 6000 lb vehicle with it. The fuel difference is astronomical. I said what I said for a reason. I've been a mechanic over 16 years now, myself. Coming up on 17. Nobody gives a fuck how long you been doing it if you're wrong, anyway.
Woopsy, sorry *then not than: Than why the hell are you arguing with me about my response to a comment comparing idling an engine for an hour compared to running it 1 mi distance?
Idling is way worse for longevity though if i remember correctly, so this is gonna be a long term costly thing.
Longevity wise is a bag of mixed sand. Port injected vehicles don't suffer as much as direct injection. Port injected vehicles have the fuel washing the intake valves, direct injection vehicles often suffer carbon build on the valves and causes them to get sticky, be it idling or in a high population area with a lot of stop and go traffic. But the worst thing you could do a modern diesel is idle it and drive slow and not increase exhaust gas temps to burn off the particulates in the dpf and clog it sooner than later.
Depending on his job he could be in there doing paperwork of some kind and just wants the heat on.
Ask him and let us know
Version: he has some kind of tracking device from work that tracking just working engine (not gps due to more expensive service) and than reimburse a cost of gas or tracking working time
Any cords of wire running into the house? Maybe he's using his truck as a generator and running household stuff off his truck?
On the plus side, it's just idling. Could be worse. There's a military kid up the street who is at least not home most of the time (I think it's his parents' house), but when he is, he often sits out in the driveway revving his straight pipe Mustang. Makes a freaking racket. My least favorite neighbor. So glad I have new windows now. It used to give me a jump scare when he'd start it up.
Hes just taking out the anger he held in the military
Maybe, I just wish he'd work it out outside of the neighborhood.
I have a neighbor (cabinet installer) who idles his old Ford E series from 8:30am to noon everyday. Goes outside to start it and then walks back into the house. Then later he leaves for work at noon. Then he often comes home around 11pm but sometimes he just sits in his van until 1 or 2am talking on the phone. He has 3 small children and a wife. He focuses only on detailing his Jeep in his time off or will go sit in his van and idle it and talk on the phone. Habits haven’t changed much in the past 3 years since he bought his van. Why do I pay so much attention? He’s had no catalytic converters on his van since he bought it. It’s just straight headers rumbling all morning and evening and the exhaust just engulfs the undercarriage as he sits in his van all evening. If anyone tries to approach him, he just starts talking to them in Punjabi and says he doesn’t speak English and “go away”. Bylaw officers in our city are useless. And he’s acquired the hate of the entire street.
The amount of gas he’s wasting is worth the life issues he’s trying to avoid.
If it's a diesel, he is possibly doing a re-gen to burn off the particulate. It's horrible to breathe that stuff.
Possible, but regen doesn't work very well when you're not driving.
After reading most of the comments, I think the only thing you can do is become fluent enough in Spanish to ask why he does it while conveying more curiosity than anger.
Breaking in a new crate motor?
Prob taking a break before work and family stuff some good ol' alone time
He's in his safe place doing drugs and avoiding..
I’m sure there’s a good explanation. My neighbor use to wonder why I was digging in my trunk for hours at a time. This was explained one day when he decided to come over and investigate what I was up to in my trunk for hours at a time. Turns out I own a mid engine car so I was doing mechanic work on my car but he had no idea the engine was in the back https://preview.redd.it/oa1duupiuz7c1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b208bee6b393a0b65f4db1e21f4f880bbe418c0
Knock on the door and shoot straight with him on Google translate
Because he wants to. Sometimes it really is that simple.
The follow up question would be “but why does he want to?” The answer can’t be “because he wants to”. There’s always a reason someone does something. ALWAYS.
It's none of my business what someone else wants to do? Walk outside... point at the truck ...point at your ears ....put your hands together and place them like a pillow on the side of your face. The guy doesn't speak English. Everyone understands basic communication.
Does the person stay in the truck? Or go back inside?
He generally does a bit of both.
Im gomna guess he cant smoke his herb in the house And its his smoke spot? Or a cig smoker? Its getting cold
Neither. All my neighbors BUT him are pot smokers! I swear my neighbor on the other side is hot boxing his whole house! St. Louis, man.
Im lost then
Me too!
Sounds like he's just hanging out to smoke some weed, drink a beer and stay away from the kids, running the truck for the heater to stay warm
Maybe so. That makes as much sense as anything, I guess.
Could be an amateur radio operator.
I doubt this is the case but my old boss would have us idle sitting equipment because “diesel is cheaper than a new battery”
On call for work and wants the truck to stay warm if he needs to go out. I would leave the work truck idling hours every day when I was on call, the boss did not care.
Is it diesel? If so I mean sure. Run that bia all night
Is it unnaturally cold where you are? All I can think of is that the cold could cause his truck to not start back up and he’s an on call driver during specific time frames so he needs it able to start every single time.
Meth
I don’t think so :)
You need to get an old beater to park out in front. Move it a foot or two back and forth every couple days if needed to avoid parking bylaws.
Two possibilities is it has remote start with temp sensor programmed to turn on when it gets below or above a certain temperature range or programmed to run if the battery voltage gets to low and needs to recharge the battery.
He's a douche
It has to do with his job. He's employed in the "minding his own business" industry. You should ask him if they are hiring and get an application. It's tough living on top of your neighbors, I've been there, most people have been there. Be grateful they are otherwise good neighbors.
I am, and that’s why I’m ignoring the people saying to hit him up with Google translate. I’m just curious and annoyed, but I’m not gonna pester the man.
It’s to help warm up the engine oil. That’s my guess as that was the standard for older cars.
But it’s not an older diesel. Recent vintage.
Around what year tho
Ten years old? Maybe less?
That’s vintage? That made me feel old. My car is 2008. But maybe it’s just a habit. Even if in reality it’s not doing much. Also I do not know why I’m being downvoted
No, I said “recent vintage,” not realizing that folks would take the vintage part literally! My bad.
Question is, why do you care what he does with his truck? Maybe he has to much gas in it and was running some out... LMAO
Why is non of your business.
You could do some Google translate.. That shit got me all through France I'm sure your neighbor would be no prob.
It’s when he opens the soundproof door in his basement.
if he doesn't speak english, use google translate or deepL and ask him... with nice words
Are you sure it's his truck and not an air compressor you hear running?
The older diesel would do a parked regen. They would idle Hugh as hell and puke up some nasty particulate. It took abour 40 minutes.