Is anyone running an automatic turbo timing on their TDI Golf/Jetta? Or is anyone considering doing this?
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Originally posted by gtimk5 View PostIts not all that neccesary on the Mk5s.
Cheers, Andrew
Cheers, PaulGOLF GT SPORT TDI SUNROOF, XENONS
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I've driven a toyota bus with one, very strange experience i reckon. That aside, ive been driving Turbo Diesels for most of my life and just use the simple rule that i always drive it slow the last 4 or 5 k's home if i have been pushing it on a bit to give the turbo a chance to cool down. If i have been pushing it away from home and have to stop i let the engine run a bit when i pull over.currrently... MY10 GTI | DSG | Candy White | Sunroof | 18's | BT | MDI
previously... MY08 GT TDI | DSG | Reflex Silver | Sunroof
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TDI Dude
If you could ever get your turbo so hot!!!!!!! You would have to drive your car all day flat out to cause any problem to require such a devise. Trucks & heavily loaded vehicles may need one. If it worries you just let your engine idle for about a minute before turning it off. READ your owners manual...
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Originally posted by Bazzamon View PostIf you could ever get your turbo so hot!!!!!!! You would have to drive your car all day flat out to cause any problem to require such a devise. Trucks & heavily loaded vehicles may need one. If it worries you just let your engine idle for about a minute before turning it off. READ your owners manual...And Bazzamon I fully intend to READ my owners manual as soon as I get it!!!! Just wondered if anyone had gone down this path of a turbo timer.
GOLF GT SPORT TDI SUNROOF, XENONS
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Originally posted by Bazzamon View PostIf you could ever get your turbo so hot!!!!!!! You would have to drive your car all day flat out to cause any problem to require such a devise. Trucks & heavily loaded vehicles may need one. If it worries you just let your engine idle for about a minute before turning it off. READ your owners manual...
not saying the owners manual is wrong - but if you modify your diesel to make it faster, theres no reason you couldnt get the turbo very hot indeed..'07 Touareg V6 TDI with air suspension
'98 Mk3 Cabriolet 2.0 8V
'99 A4 Quattro 1.8T
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Originally posted by steve_tdi View PostI've driven a toyota bus with one, very strange experience i reckon. That aside, ive been driving Turbo Diesels for most of my life and just use the simple rule that i always drive it slow the last 4 or 5 k's home if i have been pushing it on a bit to give the turbo a chance to cool down. If i have been pushing it away from home and have to stop i let the engine run a bit when i pull over.
Also I don't like to leave my car in neutral when parked (which you have to do with a turbo timer).2017 MY18 Golf R 7.5 Wolfsburg wagon (boring white) delivered 21 Sep 2017, 2008 Octavia vRS wagon 2.0 TFSI 6M (bright yellow), 2006 T5 Transporter van 2.5 TDI 6M (gone but not forgotten).
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I think that in general turbo timers are unneccesary and have only briefly considered and then rejected it as an option for the following reasons;
If I am driving hard, I will warm down the engine before I stop
I don't want to mess with MKV's complex electrics
They are illegal in most places
I am not a ricer and have nothing to prove (jokes)
But you can install one, just unsure of the need to.
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