Mk7 Golf R Discussion Thread

[notaGolfR]

notaGolfR were you forced to drive the car 300 meters through disability?

Walking 300 meters would not warm me up let alone your car?

Nice car your Golf R Mk 7.5, MY19 (Built Aug 201 DSG white

Cheers Al

I had to do deliveries from work some days. However, in my defence, after work I would leave the car there and walk 50 metres to the pub, then back to the car and ('cos I'd had a few) push it home NOT!

[notaGolfR]

The above turned out to be a productive and educational post. I posted it on several forums.
Here’s all the back and forth posts in one place




Use the right hand steering wheel buttons to scroll left/right till you get to ‘driving data’ (iirc) and then scroll up/ down till you get oil temp. That way it can be permanently displayed in the DIS.


The oil temperature gauge is pretty much my default gauge on the DIS. I’m very conscious of getting my car up to at least mid 80s or low 90s before giving it some beans as I’m sure the oil doesn’t give its best lubricating properties under circulation until this temperature. Same after a run - I always do a low speed through town just before I get home to let everything settle down, especially the turbo. I’ve never had any engine issues with any car using these methods.


Makes me chuckle when owners who have modded their oil coolers or who use different oils boast their oil temp no longer gets above 95 - 100 degrees. For some reason all they think about is lowering engine temps to help with intake temps etc.

However all they are doing is causing problems with moisture in the engine, all for the sake of 1 bhp. Oil needs to operate are it’s correct temperature and needs to be higher than 100 degrees so any water evaporates. Under 100 and any moisture in the engine will not evaporate.

Oil temp is in the DIS, under driving data.


Great thanks. Lateral thinking was required. Driving Data it is. I've just set that View to Oil Temp. instead of my usual Navigation view. By scrolling down I can see all sorts of stuff by scrolling.


Agreed although with the thin oil used as standard I would have thought it lubricates well almost from start up. Having said that, my Owner manual says to wait until the oil temp gets up but I'm finding on a 12 degree C day it takes 15 minutes around town to get to 80 degr. C and 20 mins to 100 then stays there.

[BenT]

I too enabled the oil temp display and wait for it to warm up properly before any WOT action.


Ben
Current: ‘19 VW Golf R
Past: ‘05 RS 225 Cup

[gregozedobe]

I might also mention that the oil temp display on the infotainment screen gauges has some foibles (on my and other Rs):

Until the temp gets above 55C it just shows --

Even after it gets above 55C it sometimes continues to display --
(i have to switch to another display and switch it back to get the actual oil temp)

[ozmale]

The best way to warm up a modern car that is using Synthetic oil is to just drive it. Not hard, just drive it. Idling an engine to warm it up is not the proper way for modern cars. In the Australian climate the difference in lubricating proprieties of oil between cold and hot is insignificant. The operating temp of the engine is the most important, thus we always measure the water. Need to get it to correct temperature ASAP.

Chris

[gregozedobe]

I agree about driving gently being the best way to warm an engine up. And idling a new engine is thought to be a "significantly less than optimum" method of running in.

Many of us R owners believe it is better to let the whole engine warm up before driving with enthusiasm, and the best indicator for that is the oil temp, not the water temp. This allows engine components to get to their optimum temp, clearances to be as designed, oil to be up to full pressure everywhere and circulating as designed etc etc

To reduce emissions most modern engines are designed to warm up as quickly as possible, they do this by circulating a very small amount of coolant initially, then increasing the amount of coolant circulating as the rest of the engine warms up. This why the oil temp increase lags a long way after the increase in coolant temp.

[rosslm]

Has anyone looked at the ABT range of products their engine tuning kits come with 2 year 100,000 km drive train warranty not cheap but look well tested with manufacturer approval.

Engine Technology for the VW Golf VII R

ABT Warranty

[frostywinter]

Time for some new tyres for my GolfR 7.5 - I think I have done very well getting 47kms out of the factory ContiSport Contact 5P - so will most likely get them again but before I do wanting to get others thoughts on replacement tyres for the GolfR. The Conti's are about $290 each

Cheers Frosty

[Talbs]

Time for some new tyres for my GolfR 7.5 - I think I have done very well getting 47kms out of the factory ContiSport Contact 5P - so will most likely get them again but before I do wanting to get others thoughts on replacement tyres for the GolfR. The Conti's are about $290 each

Cheers Frosty

Frosty, I recommend you check out both Conti sport Contact 6 (stiffer side walls for handling) and the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S. I don't think you'll get that sort of mìleage but you will notice an improvement in traction / handling response. Particularly if you have stage 1+ mods.

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[frostywinter]

Ok cheers, yes I have stage 1 mods - will check these 2 out, not sure who to go for them in Melb though - Bob Jane?

[gregozedobe]

Talbs is right on the money with that advice. The Michelin PS4S (not PS4) are very popular with Golf R owners, they seem to suit the car very well. The Conti 6s are also a very good tyre.

[Tuan]

Mk7 Golf R Discussion Thread

Time for some new tyres for my GolfR 7.5 - I think I have done very well getting 47kms out of the factory ContiSport Contact 5P - so will most likely get them again but before I do wanting to get others thoughts on replacement tyres for the GolfR. The Conti's are about $290 each

Cheers Frosty

That’s great mileage from the contis ... at what point did they start losing a bit of their grip?




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[frostywinter]

[QUOTE=Tuan;1303753]That’s great mileage from the contis ... at what point did they start losing a bit of their grip?


I factory Contis like I mentioned have done very well on my R - they started to loose grip probably at around 45K and I just ran them into the ground from there - My R is at tyre place now getting the same factory Conti's on, I looked at the new 6 model and while they look great and are probably stickier I will stick with the original ones as I know they gave me great mileage and as I typically now do about min 200km's per day I need that extra wear.

Frosty

[Tuan]

Definitely go with what works - at least you know they give you 45,000 of trouble free kms but can string it out to almost 50,000! That's great IMO.

I got stuck with the P-Zeros on my R (not the contis damn it)... but they've actually been very good in wet, dry and whatever you can throw at it but they only have 7000 kms on them so no idea on longevity. Have just heard of a lot of blowouts on the sidewall with these so I am a bit cautious of pot holes.

[BenT]

[QUOTE=frostywinter;1303776]

That’s great mileage from the contis ... at what point did they start losing a bit of their grip?


I factory Contis like I mentioned have done very well on my R - they started to loose grip probably at around 45K and I just ran them into the ground from there - My R is at tyre place now getting the same factory Conti's on, I looked at the new 6 model and while they look great and are probably stickier I will stick with the original ones as I know they gave me great mileage and as I typically now do about min 200km's per day I need that extra wear.

Frosty

What did you end up paying for the Contis?


Ben
Current: ‘19 VW Golf R
Past: ‘05 RS 225 Cup