Thread: 300 TDI likes a warm up.

Originally Posted by sumo

Hi

I live on a main arterial road, and have to pull out in to traffic and head straight up a reasonable hill. The old fender hates been pushed up that hill when its cold, the noises that come out of her , Its hard when everyone is right up your clacker so tend to keep the foot down to keep up. this morning iwas just about to leave, and had to race back inside to take a phone call, 15 mins later the landy still idleing away, i jumped in and took off, passed two cars up that hill couldn't believe the difference , There must be some rattling & banging in the UK some mornings, when all the landys are fired up!!.

Cheers Sumo

That's why those 240 Volt block/engine heaters are so popular over there.

NO engine likes to be pressed too hard until it's at correct operating temperature........shocking stuff happens! [wear etc]

If it makes you feel any better our new TD5 is noticeably slower until warmed up. We have a big hill about 500m from home that we have to ascend, and when cold you have to flog the car to get it out of second into third. Because of this I either take a run up... go another way.. or if I have to go up the hill just sit in second and stooge up

where I live ATM it's a leisurely 6km of dirt to the bitumen, so I just cruise out at 50-60km/h. When I hit the bitumen, the t/stat has just cracked and so I up the speed a little and then it's a 2.5km climb over a bloody big hill. At least the engine, g/box, etc have had half a chance at warming up and getting the lube to where it needs to be.
Flogging any engine/g-box/diff cold is best avoided. It doesn't do much for longetivity.

Originally Posted by rick130

where I live ATM it's a leisurely 6km of dirt to the bitumen, so I just cruise out at 50-60km/h. When I hit the bitumen, the t/stat has just cracked and so I up the speed a little and then it's a 2.5km climb over a bloody big hill. At least the engine, g/box, etc have had half a chance at warming up and getting the lube to where it needs to be.
Flogging any engine/g-box/diff cold is best avoided. It doesn't do much for longetivity.

Mechanical sympathy is quite a rare thing these days.