Fw: Reference to turbos....

[Eyvind Spangen]

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:47:01 +0200, you wrote:

>I never do it as well except if there's an emergency of some sort but I've
>yet to hear of a head gasket failure on a 20vt except because of a blown
>radiator hose or something that wasn't related to the fact that the owner
>pulled like mad...

A friend of mine used to drive an '86 BMW 320i. He constantly pulled
to about 4500 rpm, even with cold engine.. The head gasket blew and
the head cracked..

But driving a cold engine too hard causes lots of wear on the
cylinders and piston rings..

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E. Spangen
'89 Audi 80 2.0E quattro
('90 Audi 200TQ20v - garasjedronning)