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  • Metheven
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    edited September 2017 #32

    also how many of you after towing or long trips let the engine tick over for 2 mins before turning of to let the turbo cool down

    Usually by adhering to the site rules of 5mph which is tick over on most cars.

  • lornalou1
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    edited September 2017 #33

    Usually by adhering to the site rules of 5mph which is tick over on most cars----what about when you get home?

  • Metheven
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    edited September 2017 #34

    I live in a village that has speed limits, no high revving, no load on engine as I just dropped the van off in storage that has a 5mph limit.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited September 2017 #35

    I'm sure we all have our own ways of slowing down and letting the engine idle, LL, as most of us have picked up these tips over the decades and some are engineers.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2017 #36

    Dammit  Tinners,  A  couple  of  minutes   ??  it  takes  me  that  long  to  get  out  of  the  motor  these  days  .

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited September 2017 #37

    Easy, Brian. Get out before you turn the engine off. I said we'd all have different ways of giving the turbo time to cool. cool

  • flatcoat
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    edited September 2017 #38

    The Telegraphs honest john is a believer in using premium fuels, especially in those VAG cars with the emissions fix. I have now used VPower/ultimate or similar for about 10,000 miles on a75k mile car and noticed on our recent trip to France how much easier the car seemed to tow uphill. Can't say the economy is significantly better however I am hoping the benefit comes with cleaner injectors resulting in less mechanical wear and tear and perhaps less clogging up and need to replace the DPF. 

  • ChemicalJasper
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    edited September 2017 #39

    foot-in-mouth

  • Boff
    Boff Forum Participant Posts: 1,742
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    edited September 2017 #40

    It's alright you saying that, but what do you know. 

  • ChemicalJasper
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    edited September 2017 #41

    😂😂😂

  • alanannej
    alanannej Forum Participant Posts: 79
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    edited November 2017 #42

    Skoda Octavia 2l Euro4 TDI took just over 30K miles before I noticed much improvement in solo mileage - towing seemed to stay around the same from the start. from 50K was getting even better- early days low 50s solo, last 3 years hitting 60 regularly - 58 on a fast trip to London, then onto Brussels & return, inc driving in both cities! & over Christmas too - with snowy roads on the return trip. (Also improved things when I fitted Goodyear's Grip Efficient tyres at around 50K - except in the wet!)

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