Running in a diesel engine

[flightlessbird]

I vaguely remember reading some tips on running in a diesel engine on this website, any clues as to where I might find them?

[mikinoz]

Here is the article that you are looking for, under interesting articles...

http://vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum...hlight=running

Hope that helps!

[flightlessbird]

I hope that this will save some one having to change another Engine under warranty

[gregozedobe]

The "Warming up a diesel" thread (sticky) is also worth reading if you want to look after your engine.

[Buller_Scott]

you guys, this forum has been a huge source of knowledge for me (i have a polo tdi), however i have a question that alludes to a little bit of driving from column A, as well as B.

my pogo was a demo, so we can presume that it was given a decent work out during the first 5000k's of its life (after which i picked it up).

but then, i picked it up and during warm up, i would never rev it higher than 2000rpm, and once it was warm i had the (deadly, i now understand) tendency to drop it into fourth at 60km's an hour and let the engine lug at 1300rpm, because i was stupid in thinking that aslong as im within the torque range, then its all good.

since 6700k's or so, however, i have been following the guidelines as per this forum.

so my question is- given the youth of my car, is the close-to 2000k's that ive been doing that to the engine, in all reality, going to have scarred it for life/ contributed to a lower km engine life? or as long as i follow the guide in the context of how to warm up etc, will my pogo's engine still be able to lead a full life?

im in my mid twenties and i have no idea about these things (expat kid turned foreign student living in japan= never owned a car before last year), so any experience, however positive or not-so-positive, will be well recieved.

thank you.

[gregozedobe]

Hello BS (sorry, couldn't resist ),

Seeing as your polo was a demo for 5,000Km before you got it you can safely assume it was run-in with vigour, so your 1,700Km of babying would have very little affect on the life of the engine.

Just remember to give the engine some revs if you expect it to do some work (1,300rpm is OK if there is no real load on the engine, but you want 1,800 for accelerating or going up serious hills). Also use the right oil (VW 507.00 these days) and change it at the recommended intervals.

Drive on with full confidence

[Mischa]

have no fear; oil will run out before your car bites the dust

[greygolf8]

where is sydney sells VW 507.00 oil. ive only seen vw 505 & then its $70 5l (mobil) ...

[Mischa]

where is sydney sells VW 507.00 oil. ive only seen vw 505 & then its $70 5l (mobil) ...

vw parts centres is the only place you can get them unfortunately. theres one in artarmon attached to chatswood classic cars.

[Buller_Scott]

.... for your input. if it werent for me stumbling across this forum, i would still be pussyfooting around in my pogo, unaware of the lack of good im doing the engine.

it should be getting some good hill work in the near future as it has finally started snowing!!!!! at buller.

thanks again, guys.