doobiedooo

Just got my car a week ago and I am trying to leave the car tickin over for a minute after journeys as per the little sticker on my door.

What do you all think about the "tick over for a minute" thing after driving?? Waste of time or a good habit??

ChrisB

Very good habit.

Impret-Sir

iTrader: (1)

Try to cruise slowly for the last mile or so before switching off, to get some cooling air into the engine bay, but still always give it at least a minute to circulate the cooling oil through the hot turbo before you switch off, its not just hype, failure to do this will reult in cooked oil seals and a big bill!

stevencotton

Unless your exhaust is so loud the neighbours start to complain

Personally I thought the point was always moot unless you came off a motorway and straight into a service station or something, or do you drive on boost all the way home onto your driveway? If you have 5-10 minutes of normal low rev town driving before you tuck it away for the night, you can just turn off the engine.

Steve.

stevencotton

double-o-removed.


[Edited by stevencotton - 11/25/2002 4:56:48 PM]

p1 tud

well said impret-sir i totally agree with you! thats the best advice, if in doubt leave it to idle it does no harm at all.