Powering up and powering down

[stealthwolf]

Had a chat with a mate with ED30 DSG. He tends to be a bit ambiguous - you can never tell whether he's BSing you or if he's being serious. Makes it difficult to trust what he says.

Powering up:

On the way to work,there's a single track carriage way. Before this is the roundabout and in between the two are two lanes that eventually merge into one. I tend to overtake all of the traffic to bump ahead. Problem is that by the time I reach this point, the car hasn't really reached optimum temp (90*C) - more about 2/3 of the way there since that bit of road is quite close.

How do I quickly raise the temp? Matey says blip the throttle without load a few times (ie when stationary and in neutral). I've tried going in a lower gear than I would to normally use for maximum fuel consumption eg 3rd when I should be in 4th.

Powering down:
Apparently, after driving the car very hard, you should wait 30s or so before you turn the engine off. Supposedly this prevents the turbo from cacking up. Is this true? Should I do anything once the car has stopped (handbrake on, in neutral, all lights/stereo/heaters off)?

[Hurdy]

I always give her a nice steady warm up before giving her a good prodding

Once the temperature reaches 90 degrees it doesn't mean that she is warmed up. I usually give her a few more minutes of foreplay before starting the real action

Coming back down again - after reaching a crechendo, she will need to be brought back down gently. Do not simply abandon her, let her sit there gently purring away for a while before leaving her to sleep.

Do you see the similarities?

[WhiteGTI]

I always give her a nice steady warm up before giving her a good prodding

Once the temperature reaches 90 degrees it doesn't mean that she is warmed up. I usually give her a few more minutes of foreplay before starting the real action

Coming back down again - after reaching a crechendo, she will need to be brought back down gently. Do not simply abandon her, let her sit there gently purring away for a while before leaving her to sleep.

Do you see the similarities?

Correct. I believe that the gauge shows water temperature not oil temperature. Oil will take a few minutes longer to heat up to the required temperature.

If I've been driving hard, I tend to slow it down for the last 5 minutes of driving to calm things down under the bonnet, and then just wait about 30 seconds before switching off when I get to my destination.

[neg]

Yep, oil temp follows shortly after water temp gets up to speed - checked it with VAGCOM once as I was interested so see myself.

[RedRobin]

....Just adding the info that allowing the turbo a 'wind down' period before switching ignition off after a run, is no longer necessary as it was on earlier versions - So I understand.

[Top Cat]

I always give her a nice steady warm up before giving her a good prodding

Once the temperature reaches 90 degrees it doesn't mean that she is warmed up. I usually give her a few more minutes of foreplay before starting the real action

Coming back down again - after reaching a crechendo, she will need to be brought back down gently. Do not simply abandon her, let her sit there gently purring away for a while before leaving her to sleep.

Do you see the similarities?

   I just roll off and go to sleep.  oh forgot one thing always place sky remote close to chest just in case she hides it. 

[Hurdy]

I always give her a nice steady warm up before giving her a good prodding

Once the temperature reaches 90 degrees it doesn't mean that she is warmed up. I usually give her a few more minutes of foreplay before starting the real action

Coming back down again - after reaching a crechendo, she will need to be brought back down gently. Do not simply abandon her, let her sit there gently purring away for a while before leaving her to sleep.

Do you see the similarities?

   I just roll off and go to sleep.  oh forgot one thing always place sky remote close to chest just in case she hides it. 

She'll love you more my way

[R32UK]

Mines not long term.. so its wham bham thank you maam!! 

[topher]

VW advise NOT to warm the engine while the car is stationary, I try not to rev above 3000rpm until up to temperature. It's good practice in all turbo cars to let the engine run for a minute or two before switching off if you've been ragging it. With my old motor I use to slowly trundle the last couple of residential roads before pulling on to the drive, then leave the engine running while I switch off satnav/get receipts out of the glove box/check my makeup in the mirror etc. before turning off the ignition.

[Peskarik]

If you drive hard and turn off the engine without letting the turbo cool down, since the oil is not circulating anymore it may overcook and damage your bearings.
I always let it cool down, if driven hard, then a couple of minutes of idle, is driven gently, just 30 seconds, just to be on the safe side.

On the start I  do not move until RPM falls to 1000 or below, then once water is 90 I wait a few more minutes to get oil up to temp.