golf gtd warm up time?

[najam90]

my gtd take an awfull long time to warm up, just wondering if it normal?

when starting for the first time in the mornings, it sits idle for around 25-30mins before the oil temperature needle even moves.

sometimes when in a rush and i cant leave the car idle, driving it for around 12 minutes warms the car up.

now ive never had a diesel in the past and obviously its longer to warm them up, but is this even normal? ive been told by others that this is not good

[Mr GTD]

I never leave mine to sit and idle, it's a modern car at the end of the day...

Once in motion takes around 10mins or so to get up to temp...

[Candy Man]

Diesels take a while to warm up as there so efficient,
All perfectly normal .

[Mr GTD]

Not I'm...

[SRGTD]

If you're leaving your car unattended for up to 1/2 hr with the engine running, if it was stolen, there's a fair chance your insurer would repudiate your claim for leaving the car unattended with the keys left in the ignition, so not a good idea to do this.

Like Mr GTD, I never leave mine to idle either. It'll get up to normal operating temperature much quicker if you just get in and drive it, and you'll not be wasting fuel either.

[hardmonkeys]

Mines not a gtd, but a mk5 GT TDI...but I'm thinking the same principle on it,

I work 30miles away from home, the main (fast) road I take is 45sec approx from driveway to main drag, I never leave it to warm up, I just go go go lol..I just take it steady until it get up to temp, don't rag it in all gears until warm, change gear around 2000-2500 rpm, it takes around 8-10mins before the temp gauge is on 90,

It has 136200 miles on it, I've had it since March 2010, at 74540..the 'chocolate' turbo is whining but it's still as responsive as day one(VW Technicians words not mine lol)

Yours sounds normal pal, keep the revs now as much as you can until its up to temperature and it'll be fine 

[najam90]

If you're leaving your car unattended for up to 1/2 hr with the engine running, if it was stolen, there's a fair chance your insurer would repudiate your claim for leaving the car unattended with the keys left in the ignition, so not a good idea to do this.

Like Mr GTD, I never leave mine to idle either. It'll get up to normal operating temperature much quicker if you just get in and drive it, and you'll not be wasting fuel either.

Thats not an issue as my back garden has an electrical shutter. But when I do get in and drive it straightaway, for the first few miles my average mpg is around 10-15mpg!! and thats without going over 1750rpm and driving easy.

The reason why im worried is because I blew the engine on my previous car within 12k miles and the reason for that is driving off straightaway and redlining it whilst cold! However to be fair.....it was a peaugot afterall 

[charlie]

If you're leaving your car unattended for up to 1/2 hr with the engine running, if it was stolen, there's a fair chance your insurer would repudiate your claim for leaving the car unattended with the keys left in the ignition, so not a good idea to do this.

Like Mr GTD, I never leave mine to idle either. It'll get up to normal operating temperature much quicker if you just get in and drive it, and you'll not be wasting fuel either.

Thats not an issue as my back garden has an electrical shutter. But when I do get in and drive it straightaway, for the first few miles my average mpg is around 10-15mpg!! and thats without going over 1750rpm and driving easy.

The reason why im worried is because I blew the engine on my previous car within 12k miles and the reason for that is driving off straightaway and redlining it whilst cold! However to be fair.....it was a peaugot afterall 
To be fair any engine will blow or wear very quickly if you get in it from cold and thrash the nuts of it plus Peugeot are renowned for making some of the best diesels on the market that's why bmw use it in the mini 

[najam90]

If you're leaving your car unattended for up to 1/2 hr with the engine running, if it was stolen, there's a fair chance your insurer would repudiate your claim for leaving the car unattended with the keys left in the ignition, so not a good idea to do this.

Like Mr GTD, I never leave mine to idle either. It'll get up to normal operating temperature much quicker if you just get in and drive it, and you'll not be wasting fuel either.

Thats not an issue as my back garden has an electrical shutter. But when I do get in and drive it straightaway, for the first few miles my average mpg is around 10-15mpg!! and thats without going over 1750rpm and driving easy.

The reason why im worried is because I blew the engine on my previous car within 12k miles and the reason for that is driving off straightaway and redlining it whilst cold! However to be fair.....it was a peaugot afterall 

To be fair any engine will blow or wear very quickly if you get in it from cold and thrash the nuts of it plus Peugeot are renowned for making some of the best diesels on the market that's why bmw use it in the mini 

Haha Peugeot may have the best diesel engines, but this was a 1.6 petrol AUTO 

[charlie]

If you're leaving your car unattended for up to 1/2 hr with the engine running, if it was stolen, there's a fair chance your insurer would repudiate your claim for leaving the car unattended with the keys left in the ignition, so not a good idea to do this.

Like Mr GTD, I never leave mine to idle either. It'll get up to normal operating temperature much quicker if you just get in and drive it, and you'll not be wasting fuel either.

Thats not an issue as my back garden has an electrical shutter. But when I do get in and drive it straightaway, for the first few miles my average mpg is around 10-15mpg!! and thats without going over 1750rpm and driving easy.

The reason why im worried is because I blew the engine on my previous car within 12k miles and the reason for that is driving off straightaway and redlining it whilst cold! However to be fair.....it was a peaugot afterall 

To be fair any engine will blow or wear very quickly if you get in it from cold and thrash the nuts of it plus Peugeot are renowned for making some of the best diesels on the market that's why bmw use it in the mini 

Haha Peugeot may have the best diesel engines, but this was a 1.6 petrol AUTO 

like I said above any engine will blow if you get in it straight away and thrash the nuts of it just drive it steady until it warms up and you will also see your mpg rise as well