Is it possible for an engine to be too efficient? Honda recently is having problems with turbo engines not able to produce enough heat, to heat the cabin.
Is this an engineering oversight or an unintended consequence of government regulation for more efficient engines?
Honda engines are extremely efficient. This is the same reason we see oil dilution problems in their turbo motors. The engines stay cool, so some of the fuel from the high pressure fuel pump actually makes it into the engine without combusting.
The heating issue the same deal. As a former GM engineer, my view is this this an engineering oversight. If you have an engine that you know will be running cooler, additional algorithms should have been created to make sure the fuel is not being injected at too high of a pressure for proper combustion. Same with heating.
Those are my thoughts on it.
I gather then a software update is an adequate fix? Or merely a band aid?
I hope Honda is going to perfect it over time with this issue.
@Kaizen I don't see it being solved by software but I don't know the intricacies of their systems either.
Rather than efficiency, I think its a situation of something not accounted for in the design fase.
They must have performed cold weather testing and encountered this problem.
When the corporate HQ says "it's a feature, not a bug," that is on them. Everyone else can make a proper heater. It's on Honda, not the government.
