having bought the cupra this is the 1st turbo car i have had and im not to sure bout the warming up and cooling down bit, do many people do it and does it make any difference?
had
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let it get up to temp before driving hard, shoudl really do this with all cars, and cooling down.. the last 3 mins of your drive just drive sensible and off boost, it will be grand
Tech-To-Be(loser)
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There are a lot of threads relating to this subject. Its simple really dont rag your car when its cold, wait for the coolant temp within the car to hit 90. I know this is coolant but the oil temp will be almost the same temperature i think its 5 degrees difference. So let it warm up. Once warm enjoy it. With the turbo if you are driving it sensibly then you can turn the car off immediately as you would with a non turbo vehicle. If you have been spanking it then give it a few minutes to cool down. Its unlikely with a standard car you can do too much damage but its just a precaution. Once cooled turn it off. By the way there is no way of telling if its cool or not its just giving it a length of time. Some turbos under very high load can go bright red but its not somehting your likely to see, Not yet anyway before you know it you will be running over 250bhp be thousands in dept but will have the fastest hatchback in your town.
But be aware there are more out there
Hope this helps
But be aware there are more out there
Hope this helps
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flashbsd
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Tech-To-Be said:
total rubbish, i see my collant hit 90oC 5 mins before my oil hits 180F.
I don't drive mien "hard" until my oil temp is at least over 180F.
Quite interesting when you have an oil temp gauge in place to observe how false the coolant temp reading is to the temp of the actual engine.
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flashbsd said:total rubbish, i see my collant hit 90oC 5 mins before my oil hits 180F.
I don't drive mien "hard" until my oil temp is at least over 180F.
Quite interesting when you have an oil temp gauge in place to observe how false the coolant temp reading is to the temp of the actual engine.
Sorry i was just speaking from years of technical training and experince but if you know better then go ahead.
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flashbsd
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just wandering where you read up about the 5 segree bit? its way off 5 degrees difference, takes mine 10 mins to warm up properly, unless you do nail it, i try not to hit full boost until oil is up to temp.
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From my personal veiw i feel that tech to be is correct and that you are wrong flashbsd!
Most seats dont have oli tempeture gauges anyway....if the car is at 90oC it is at maximum running tempeture so it is fine to get thrashed! After all the fun though you should alow a turbo to cool down beacuse if you turn your engine off the turbo will be spinning super fast still and it will run dry of cool oil and the bearing will slowly damage. so ur speekin rubbish!
Most seats dont have oli tempeture gauges anyway....if the car is at 90oC it is at maximum running tempeture so it is fine to get thrashed! After all the fun though you should alow a turbo to cool down beacuse if you turn your engine off the turbo will be spinning super fast still and it will run dry of cool oil and the bearing will slowly damage. so ur speekin rubbish!
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flashbsd said:
I was talking about the warm up stage. Your car engine isnt just cold then hot it has to warm up in between. During the warm up stage a lot changes including temperature of the coolant and of the oil. I didnt mention peak temperature at all.
The general consensus is to allow 10-15mins for the OIL to heat up. The water/coolant will be at optimum temp after only 5mins as flashbsd said.
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yeah but obviously you have both so you can see that its just not true!
I can idle for 10 mins and my coolant temp would be 90oC, yet my oil would still be very low, my gauge hits 210F when under normal driving conditions, so 90 isnt the peak temperature.
Ill make a note next time its in the warm up process, and lel you the margin bertween them.
I can idle for 10 mins and my coolant temp would be 90oC, yet my oil would still be very low, my gauge hits 210F when under normal driving conditions, so 90 isnt the peak temperature.
Ill make a note next time its in the warm up process, and lel you the margin bertween them.
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flashbsd said:
Who said the peak temp is 90. Tell me something on your coolant gauge what temperature does the gauge reach. The gauge will reach 90 and not go any further yet the oil temp will continue to increase to about 120 or there so. SO therefore during the WARM UP PROCESS the coolant tmep and oil temp are within 5 degrees of one anotherLUCKY GUY
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Wowi have a fan club. No really guys the truth must be told several minds is better than one but one wrong mind can be a pain in arse
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