I have a A41.8T. This is the first Turbo car I have owned. I read from
some other posts that to be kind to the car I should observe some sort of
turbo warm-up/cool-down procedure.

I'm not mechanically minded, but do like to drive the car, and I bought it
because it's great to drive and goes pretty quick. Can someone elucidate
what a "turbo warm-up/cool-down procedure" is, and how to go about doing it?

Many thanks,
Matt.

 

"Imorital" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> I'm not mechanically minded, but do like to drive the car, and I bought it
> because it's great to drive and goes pretty quick. Can someone elucidate
> what a "turbo warm-up/cool-down procedure" is, and how to go about doing
it?

Basically, don't take it easy on the car when the engine is cold, that means
to hard acceleration and no high rpms. I usually accelerate lightly and do
go above 3-3.5K rpm until the coolant temp gauge reaches the center and the
oil temp gauge starts moving away from the beginning of the scale (150F in
my case).

Cool-down means don't shut off the engine immediately after you drove it
hard or fast. So again, take it easy for the last few miles of your drive
and/or let the engine idle for a couple of minutes after you reach your
destination.

Also, having synthetic oil helps - it provides better lubrication when the
engine is cold and it is more resistant to coking around the turbo cooling
lines where the temperatures can be really high, especially if you didn't
give the engine enough time to cool off and shut it off therefore stopping
the oil flow/movement.

All the above becomes even more important if you're chipped.

Cheers,

Pete

 

"Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Basically, don't take it easy on the car when the engine is cold,

ooops... how did that "don't" get in there? Scratch that out of course...

Cheers,

Pete

 

"Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Basically, don't take it easy on the car when the engine is cold, that
means
> to hard acceleration and no high rpms. I usually accelerate lightly and
do
> go above 3-3.5K rpm until the coolant temp gauge reaches the center and
the
> oil temp gauge starts moving away from the beginning of the scale (150F in
> my case).


WTF is wrong with me? Let me type this again...

Basically, take it easy on the car when the engine is cold, that means NO
hard acceleration and no high rpms. I usually accelerate lightly and do NOT
go above 3-3.5K rpm until the coolant temp gauge reaches the center and the
oil temp gauge starts moving away from the beginning of the scale (150F in
my case).

 

> WTF is wrong with me? Let me type this again...
>
> Basically, take it easy on the car when the engine is cold, that means NO
> hard acceleration and no high rpms. I usually accelerate lightly and do
NOT
> go above 3-3.5K rpm until the coolant temp gauge reaches the center and
the
> oil temp gauge starts moving away from the beginning of the scale (150F in
> my case).

Thanks Pete, I got the jist of it first time - but thanks for the
clarification.

Cheers
Matt.