I’ll be picking up my Scout 1.8Tsi in mid July ( hopefully ) and going on hols in early August. This will involve a lengthy motorway journey.

I’ve read when running in that it’s best not to stay at a constant speed so how should I approach the motorway part of our trip ?

Would varying the speed between say 56 and 70mph be OK ? 56 for 20 mins then 70 for 20 mins ?

Also this will be the first petrol turbo I’ve owned. Do you have to treat the turbo like the diesel unit and give it time to cool ?

Cheers

I'd expect the usual running-in advice applies...

- Don't labour the engine, ie its better to be running at 3000rpm up a hill than a gear higher at 1500rpm

- Yes you could vary the speed a little, as that presumably varies the load

Also yes you should give the turbo time to cool down at the end of a journey or after hard driving. Usually that's a case of taking it easy for the last couple of miles and/or letting the car idle for a couple of minutes.

At the end of the day, the car will already have been hammered through the gears on the factory rolling road anyway So don't worry too much about it. I've long been a believer that the running in period is at least as much about brakes, clutch etc as it is about the engine.

I committed the cardinal sin of having a tow bar fitted the day after it was delivered and then - horrors of horrors, actually towed a caravan with it.

It's still going fine.