Engine warm up times for diesel's ?

[Steve30]

So which is the best gauge to use on the dash oil or Temp when warming up the GTD engine ? I have been useing the oil gauge on the MFDU ?

So which is the best one, and at what point can you put your foot down? 

[Snoopy]

Oil is the best and normally the slowest to rise. I always used it in the Mk1 GTI and never understood why they took it off later cars and am glad they put it back on the mk6.

[Rhyso]

Oil needs to be up to an ideal temperature before you start thrashing it to minimise engine wear though I suspect these new-fang-dangled oils do a good job of preventing wear

I tend to stick below 2500pm and no more than 50% throttle until the coolant temp is up to 90 and then start apply a little bit more revs and throttle until the oil is up to temp

Then I give it a damn good thrashing 

[Agreeable Slick]

How many revs???

[The Doc]

Must be a jet engine 

[Rhyso]

How many revs???

Probably why my turbo went on the MK4 

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[Agreeable Slick]

How many revs???

Probably why my turbo went on the MK4 

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Wouldn't be such a problem for the turbo, the rest of your engine however....

[flc1962]

Always like to give it 5 mins driving espically at the moment to warn through, get it lubed up first