What is the best procedure to watch after your turbo, what I mean is should you turn engine on and drive away straight away or let it idle first then drive off ?, and on coming home or stopping should you let it idle for a few seconds/minutes for the turbo to rest ? Or just switch off,I've heard that this procedure may be different for a PD and CR engine

No different to any other car Ive had...except to wait till the glowplug light goes out

TBH......Just drive it Seb

Hi paps, you should always let your turbo get surplus lubricant before setting off. Between 30 seconds to a minute. Same procedure to shut down. A turbo may rotate at around a 100,000 RPM! Regular oil changes should also be followed religiously in some cases I've heard, if you shut down too early after giving your turbo a hard time the oil can actually burn and form carbon deposits and in worst case scenarios block your oil feed or hinder it. Causing serious internal problems!

I always follow this procedure, and drop my oil every 5,000 miles!

Thanks son and Chris

We are not talking highly tuned Turbos running at high temperatures in Sporting use etc are we, 

just Dirty Diesel Turbos in VW built engines over the past few years.

 

Start them, drive them, Stop and turn them off,

and follow the Service Schedule for Oil & Filter as set out by VW.

 which can oddly be different from the Skoda Service for Oil & Filter changes in identical engines.

As he said 'Pap'

you shouldn't use full boost/power from cold for a little while anyway which is enough for fluids to get to the turbo.

 

When stopping, I just ensure I am driving fairly leisurely for the last mile / couple of minutes and no shut down tickover time used.  No point.

No different to any other car Ive had...except to wait till the glowplug light goes out

TBH......Just drive it Seb

Dont think you have to do that anymore?

Something to do with the pressure the fuels delivered at or something. Modern diesels will start straight away.

Also. If im driving something turbo'd i always leave it ticking over for a minute or so before i turn it off if I've got it got.

Just to let it cool down.

Some cars have aux pumps, some dont. Dont think the PD or CR does?

I think they are a lot more robust now than 30 years ago, when the handbook for my first T/C car mandated 30 secs idle before switching off.

 

I believe this was to let the turbo slow down before the oil pump cut off.

 

I did follow this advice but the Garrett failed at 21000 miles anyway (3000 after the gearbox!)

Smashed the life out of my 1.6hdi work van from new from cold (best way to get the heater working in the morning)

78k and its all gravy

Smashed the life out of my 1.6hdi work van from new from cold (best way to get the heater working in the morning)

78k and its all gravy

Theres nothing i hate hearing more than cold rattley diesel being floored.

Poor van haha

And French

Theres nothing i hate hearing more than cold rattley diesel being floored.

Poor van haha

Have you ever heard the 1.6hdi beast?

At 3k rpm it changes note for whatever reason (goes more rattly)... I like to call it dtec

Have you ever heard the 1.6hdi beast?

At 3k rpm it changes note for whatever reason (goes more rattly)... I like to call it dtec

Hahaha. Dtec.

I havent heard that particular engine no. But still. You're a meanie thrashing it from cold lol

Theres nothing i hate hearing more than cold rattley diesel being floored.

Poor van haha

Can't beat a bit of diesel knock when starting up like the Combo does

Hahaha. Dtec.

I havent heard that particular engine no. But still. You're a meanie thrashing it from cold lol

its a works van, its designed to be driven at max power output at all times. Did you not know they are mapped that when purchased as such - you can get it specced via the dealer/fleet lease company, like any rental car havnt driven the 1.6hdi only a 2l in a 407 i took for a spin just to see what it was like... but its brother - the 1.6tdci in focus vans i have... Heavy bloody flywheel on them judging by the way ours used to hold revs on gear changes, and a pretty torquey lump... Until the turbo would decide to get an oil drinking habit...

I've always flicked the maxi dot / display thingy to oil temp for last 5 miles or so of a journey just to watch it come down, and always driven gently. Given my current car has a lot more power and has auto stop start I do wonder, but then I prefer an oil change every 5k!

Have you ever heard the 1.6hdi beast?

At 3k rpm it changes note for whatever reason (goes more rattly)... I like to call it dtec

 

dtec - That's Honda diesels (yes, seriously).

And to answer the OP, rightly or wrongly, I've always let the car idle for at least 20 seconds or so before I switch off, after a journey.

I have a turbotimer on the Pulsarthat keeps the engine running in 30 second increments after you turn the ignition off depending on how hard you've driven the car.

Dont think you have to do that anymore?

Something to do with the pressure the fuels delivered at or something. Modern diesels will start straight away.

Also. If im driving something turbo'd i always leave it ticking over for a minute or so before i turn it off if I've got it got.

Just to let it cool down.

Some cars have aux pumps, some dont. Dont think the PD or CR does?

 

Caught me out with the Honda, spent minutes the first day wondering why the glow plug light didn't come on. That's my habit in the car from diesels past, get in turn ignition to let plugs heat, belt on, start car.

 

Unless you've been ragging the car there should be no need to cool it down. Most people do a few minutes in 30mph traffic before they get home anyway.

I'm inclined to agree, otherwise the aforementioned stop start function wouldn't be fitted.

VW reckons, according to the owners handbook of recommendations and stuff of non importance, that you should wait for 2 minutes before turning your engine off after a journey.

Really.?

 In which section of the Owners Manual?

i can not see anything in the Stop / Start section saying to Disable its function while doing a journey.

 

Is that near where they say, 

 'May use 0.5 litres of oil 1000 km, dependent on driving style and conditions'.  (Paraphrasing there.)

&

that is for all engine, 3 or 4 Cylinders. Petrol or Diesel.

 

People have lives to get on with, and turning into a filling station and waiting 2 minutes to turn off the engine, then checking oil at the time you 

fill your tank is not half going to take some time.

 

Germans must have more time than other drivers.

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Really.?

In which section of the Owners Manual?

i can not see anything in the Stop / Start section saying to Disable its function while doing a journey.

Is that near where they say,

'May use 0.5 litres of oil 1000 km, dependent on driving style and conditions'. (Paraphrasing there.)

&

that is for all engine, 3 or 4 Cylinders. Petrol or Diesel.

People have lives to get on with, and turning into a filling station and waiting 2 minutes to turn off the engine, then checking oil at the time you

fill your tank is not half going to take some time.

Germans must have more time than other drivers.

I was speaking to my mate about this tonight. Hes keen on cars.

He always goes steady for the last mile if hes been booting it, to allow it to cool.

He said something about a parking with a hot turbo n the engine running can actually be bad, cos it cant get rid of its heat.