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"1) Always idle the the car down prior to shut down. A decent amount of time after hard drives....not as long required if you idle a few blocks putting into your neighborhood."
What is an acceptable duration? I've been letting her run for a minute or so in the driveway after cruising down the freeway. I have a crotchety old neighbor who insists that I am somehow "polluting" by allowing my car to idle. Can't say that I can see a difference in that regard between idling in the driveway and cruising at 70mph. Now I understand that a cold engine does tend to "pollute" more, but...
"2) Always, always use synthetic oil. Ever notice the very short oil change
interval recommended for turbos? This is because, even with idling down,
turbos literally destroy petroleum based oils in short order. No thanks."
The manual suggests 3500 miles for the turbo, 7500(!) for the n/a engine.
Nowhere does it recommend the use of synthetic oil. Isn't oil oil, afterall? Can't really blame me for thinking this way when synthetic costs 2-3x as much as dino...
"3) Never go into full boost until car is nicely warmed up."
Okay, so don't put my foot into until I've driven a few miles.
I'm also curious about your statement that the "instructions are in the glovebox manual." The book that came with my 242Ti does not appear to be turbo-specific. Says "DL GL Turbo" on the cover. It's green with a pic of a 244T on the front. Same thing you've got? I don't see any specific items related to the turbo, except to change the oil every 3500 mi. vs. 7500.
Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it, Paul.
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