Revving you Scirocco

adel218 · Post by **adel218** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:27 pm

I was wondering whether revving the car is gud? Every morning I'll let the car run for at least 1 minute before I start my journey. A car next to mine (not a VW) revs his car a few times (superb sound played by his exhaust by the way) before he goes off. Can I do that for my Rocco and what does it do actually?

Another bonus question: I've got the paddle shift control for DSG and was wondering what happens if I pull both paddles shift? Doest it work like the Ferrari where it goes to neutral and revs..

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bianco · Post by **bianco** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:35 pm

Best is to just start and drive nicely til Oil is varm.

Reving it cold Can not pump enough Oil and idle is not good at heating the Engine and Oil

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:54 pm

As above really, no need to start it and leave it a minute, just drive of and don't thrash the nuts of till the oil gets to normal temp

raffoul232 · Post by **raffoul232** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:38 pm

182_blue wrote:As above really, no need to start it and leave it a minute, just drive of and don't thrash the nuts of till the oil gets to normal temp

How can you check the oil temperature if I have MY2009 interior (same as golf mk5)?

adel218 · Post by **adel218** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:46 pm

182_blue wrote:As above really, no need to start it and leave it a minute, just drive of and don't thrash the nuts of till the oil gets to normal temp

So does revving cause any damage to the engine?

langley182 · Post by **langley182** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:53 am

raffoul232 wrote:
182_blue wrote:As above really, no need to start it and leave it a minute, just drive of and don't thrash the nuts of till the oil gets to normal temp
How can you check the oil temperature if I have MY2009 interior (same as golf mk5)?

If the oil temp is not displayed in your mfd then you will not be able to check. Unless you fit an aftermarket oil temp gauge.
If you are concerned about your oil not being upto a suitable temperature to drive sporty etc just make sure your engine is upto normal operating temperature by checking your temp gauge (should be in the middle) at this point your oil is generally on it's way to warming up nicely.

langley182 · Post by **langley182** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:57 am

adel218 wrote:
182_blue wrote:As above really, no need to start it and leave it a minute, just drive of and don't thrash the nuts of till the oil gets to normal temp
So does revving cause any damage to the engine?

If you switch your engine on while it is stone cold in a morning for example. Then start revving the hell out of it, this will definately not do the engine any good. Like said previously the oil will not be at an optimum operating temperature and will not provide adequate lubrication to the engine.
Just drive steady/normal until your engine temperature is upto normal or if you have oil temp make sure that's over 60degrees at least then feel free to go revving and blasting it around!!

skyblues11 · Post by **skyblues11** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:12 pm

the engine is like the muscle, it should not be subjected to anything hardcore when cold.

my problem is the oil temp only appears after i have done about 10mins, and thats almost 40% of the journey.

as for the dsg, never tried to do the 2 at the same time, but they must have somekind of anti-mistake software to prevent any damage.

i did once put D into N by mistake but no harm was done.

adel218 · Post by **adel218** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:43 am

Thank you for the clarification really gud info to know. Skyblues11 you mentioned that you did accidentally shifted your gear from D to N right? Can we actually do that? like shift the automatic gear to manual (pushing it to the left) mod when driving? This question also goes for the sports mod as well..

Cuprabob · Post by **Cuprabob** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:46 am

Yes you can switch to S and into Manual while driving

bianco · Post by **bianco** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 1:53 pm

raffoul232 wrote: How can you check the oil temperature?

For this purpose, the Oil temp = watercoolant Temp = Engine temp
Just look at the temp indicator in the dash.

Low = take it easy
Medium = go for it
Very High= take it easy (or something broke)

adel218 · Post by **adel218** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:49 pm

Cuprabob wrote:Yes you can switch to S and into Manual while driving

Gud to know. Thanks a lot. I can start playing with it now

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