Do you idle your tractor ?

[S1NGH 001]

Just curious to know, how many of you guys idle your tractors before switching them off after a drive ?

 

[SP33DYV]

I used to idle the Hilux 3.0 D4D when I still had it and I idle the 1M as well before I switch of.:=):

 

[zaleonardz]

No

But if you have been driving it hard, keep it under boost level for about 2 or 3 blocks...

 

[petrivanzyl]

I don't

 

[SP33DYV]

I don't

You don't have to, you drive too slow in any case.:fencelook:

 

[S1NGH 001]

I always idle my turbo charged vehicles :thumbs:

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I don't

You don't have to, you drive too slow in any case.:fencelook:

:biglol:

 

[petrivanzyl]

:blab:

 

[Philip Foglar]

With any turbo engine I would allow it to idle a bit before shutting off, but most important is to do a "cool off" run as you are nearing your destination - nothing better than off throttle running under compression or just light throttle. The turbo is then working far less and is able to cool off far easier than even idling - reason being, when the car is now sitting idling there is then no airflow through the engine bay and the electric fan only comes on for the sake of coolant and engine temperature - so no point idling the engine if you have just been giving it horns!

 

[Philip Foglar]

I don't

LOL, but your car by default stops the engine at robots or stops - personally I would disable that feature every time I started a journey. Still remember at the F30 launch how these cars would come in and the engine would stop and then immediately start up again due to the way the people were moving them when parking after the test drive. :nonono:

The start/stop thing makes sense on a petrol car anyway, not really so much on a diesel since they can idle all day long on a sniff of diesel whereas a petrol will eat fuel while sitting...

 

[S1NGH 001]

I don't

LOL, but your car by default stops the engine at robots or stops - personally I would disable that feature every time I started a journey. Still remember at the F30 launch how these cars would come in and the engine would stop and then immediately start up again due to the way the people were moving them when parking after the test drive. :nonono:

The start/stop thing makes sense on a petrol car anyway, not really so much on a diesel since they can idle all day long on a sniff of diesel whereas a petrol will eat fuel while sitting...

+1 :idea:

 

[SP33DYV]

With any turbo engine I would allow it to idle a bit before shutting off, but most important is to do a "cool off" run as you are nearing your destination - nothing better than off throttle running under compression or just light throttle. The turbo is then working far less and is able to cool off far easier than even idling - reason being, when the car is now sitting idling there is then no airflow through the engine bay and the electric fan only comes on for the sake of coolant and engine temperature - so no point idling the engine if you have just been giving it horns!

I always drive slowly for the last couple of kilometers and then just let the car idle for about 30 seconds.

 

[gpgold]

Yep...also drive real easy a block before home then let it idle a bit before shutting off.

 

[flyhid]

I thought that all newer model turbo cars has has turbo protectors so no need to idle or am I wrong.......

 

[S1NGH 001]

We're a bunch of clued up fanatics :rollsmile:

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I thought that all newer model turbo cars has has turbo protectors so no need to idle or am I wrong.......

It's always advisable to let the Turbo cool down for a bit, especially when driving hard, remember the turbo is running at approx 19000 - 22000 rpm

 

[petrivanzyl]

I don't

You don't have to, you drive too slow in any case.:fencelook:

And I couldn't even if I wanted to since it switches off on its own:fencelook:

 

[flyhid]

We're a bunch of clued up fanatics :rollsmile:

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I thought that all newer model turbo cars has has turbo protectors so no need to idle or am I wrong.......

It's always advisable to let the Turbo cool down for a bit, especially when driving hard, remember the turbo is running at approx 19000 - 22000 rpm

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Cool......

 

[Dippies]

I always let it run for at least two min after any Trip before i Switch it off.

Especially after hard Boosting and Spirited Driving.

 

[S1NGH 001]

I always let it run for at least two min after any Trip before i Switch it off.

Especially after hard Boosting and Spirited Driving.

Same here :thumbs:

 

[petrivanzyl]

Anyway bimmerpost have numerous posts that say:

Old advice from the days of belt-driven water pumps.
Electric water pumps have made this a non-issue. The pump continues to run after the car is turned off, and cools down the turbo

 

[Dippies]

The only Problem with that statement is that not all 4 cylinder Diesels has a Electric water pump.



Like i Told you guys previously i found that out by BMW and They Confirmed it. That's why it is imperative to run the 320d' for a bit.

Petri i Do not know about the F30 though

That was part of the issues that i had with the bleed procedure as i wanted to follow the same with the electric water pump.

I think he said that only the 6 Cylinders have a Electric water pump. that will continue to run after you switch off.