my uk MY2000 car has just had her first 1000 mile service, and Ive been really gentle with her, keeping well under 4000rpm until the service.
now shes had the service, can i now put peddle to the metal?? my dealer said that i cant until 1500 miles, is this true, or is he a volvo driver?
cheers

 

Put your foot down by all means, but REMEMBER to let the oil warm up. I'm not a techie when it comes to turbos, but I've always been told let it warm up and let it cool down.

Warm the oil up, and then give it some

But when you finish your drive, remember to leave the car running for a minute. This allows the oil to circulate around the turbo, and take some of the heat away from it.

Don't want to be old and boring, just want you to carry on enjoying the turbo fun!!!

 

Spud

I'd agree with boring old Andy

The most important thing is the warm up and cool down. If you go to any meets, you will see that most people start the engines well before the 'drive' to get things warmed up and they will always leave them running well after they've stopped. Treat the turbo with a little respect and you should have a lot of fun.

Enjoy Chris

[This message has been edited by Chris L (edited 13 December 2000).]

 

Easy tiger, more of the boring (computer engineer), but less of the old (27)

 

The best method for running up/down and giving your car a good run is this (my way anyhow) foot on clutch, start car. attach facia to radio, place on seat belt, put code in for anti hijack, count to ten (should be about 30 secs then) and drive off (gives oil plenty of time to get round engine).
To open up the car! try to keep out of the turbo for as long as possible (5 miles normally should be long enough for the oil to be warmed up) then still keep it below 4000rpm for a few mins more, then go for it!!
Engine run down. park car up, leave engine idling, place on disklok, take facia off radio and deposit somewhere! press turbo timer button on alarm and let it run down for 2 more mins
Presto!! hopefully this should keep your car running longer and with no problems

Tony

 

Oh if you havnt got a turbo timer, get one, worthwhile investment if you ask me

 

Damn, IT consultant and 29 ...

Chris

 

Note that the oil being warm is not the same as the water being warm. Just because the water temp gauge is in the middle doesn't mean that the oil is warm. It can typically take 10-20mins for the oil to reach optimum temp.

Mark
30 & sensible!

 

Forgot to mention about the temp gauge!!

As Mark has said, try to hold off for about 10 minutes or so. Also it maybe worth getting a boost gauge. You'll be surprised when the turbo kicks in! You might be able to drive a bit quicker in the first ten minutes then you realise!!

I try to keep it off boost for the first 10 to 15 minutes.

Andy

PS - Chris "Ha Ha" (in the style of Nelson from the Simpsons!!)

 

Andy,

"You might be able to drive a bit quicker in the first ten minutes then you realise!!".

How do you manage that then, because I find it really difficult to keep the turbo from kicking in, and that's keeping everything VERY gentle! - old grannies could overtake me as I try to nurse it up to speed!

spudgun

When I collected my car (also a MY00) from Holland, the dealer there was very insistent that I should take it easy for the first 1500 miles. So I did!

Pete

 

There are times, it feels like the turbo is kicking in, but it's still off boost. Either that or have the lead taken out of your right shoe!!

 

Golf GTIs have an oil temperature guage which I reckon is absolutely invaluable for lengthening the life of your engine - provided you take notice of it of course.

Always amazed at how long it took to reach 'operating temp' and I could use all of the revs. (Usually 10-15 minutes of driving). Maybe faster in the Scooby - apparently it is one of the <I>least</I> thermally efficient production engines!

New M5 has a 'moveable' red-line on the rev-counter which gets higher as the oil temp increases. Nice if you can afford it I guess!

On the subject of 'cooling down', far better to drive gently for the last 10 minutes of a journey than scream to a halt and sit there idling for a few minutes. While the car is moving you are getting a nice flow of air throught he engine bay which helps things cool uniformly.

Andrew.

 

Andy T

The boost gauge tends to tell me that the turbo is kicking in (although only up to about 0.5 bar)!

I guess I'll have to go to Plan B then - the lightweight slippers.

 

thanks everyone. i didnt realise it took so long for the oil to warm up. i spose i just looked at the water guage and went from there.
tony, my girlfriend has also got a turbo timer which is great, and shes also getting remote start, so can she remote start 10 mins before setting off and itll be hot enough?thanks for the advice

 

Hi spud, the best way to warm your car up is to actually drive it, leaving it running on the drive will just do sod all really except demist the windows

Tony

 

sound advice again, cheers tony. waited to get to 1500 miles exactly, engine was nice and warm after a 100 mile motorway journey today and floored it, full throttle , no mercy!
went like **** off a shovel and she loved it, raced all the way home, what fun!!
thanks again

 

You sound like a happy man.

 

sure am!
to anyone else out there who are new to scoobies, this is what ive learnt......take advice from people! i waited for 1000 mile service before going over 3500rpm, i didnt floor it till 1500 miles. it was very frustrating, but now my car flies and is running real sweet. also i now let the car have chance to properly warm up before giving it some welly, usually 10 mins/ 5 miles of non turbo driving......then i floor it!
so thanks again to everyone for sound advice to an impatient man!