[Vwdiesel] Drive it hard-Drive it easy?

[Terry Briggs]

I tend to lean  to the drive it hard side. I rarely if ever have engine 
related issues on my cars, the wifes on the other hand, get driven 
lightly and see's the most shop time, of course her car is one of those 
subarus that had the head gasket issue [grrrrrrrr] I'm the same way 
breaking in bike egines, get those rings seated now ! take it easy and 
you end up with blowby and burning oil at a higher rate than normal, 
one can make the logical transition to a gasser or a diesel car.
On Jul 24, 2007, at 11:06 PM, Tony and Lillie wrote:

> Well, I drive the heck out of all my cars, and have never had an engine
> related failure. This includes a 330K V8 Quattro (redline every shift, 
> if
> speed limit permits). I also have never had a problem with carbon 
> buildup. I
> do have an occasional encounter with the rev limiter, however ;-)
>
> I do tend to recommend the same to others also. Maybe not all the 
> time, but
> definately every now and again. For some reason, with clean running 
> fuel
> injected engines, thinking seems to have changed from the "take it out 
> on
> the highway and blow the carbon out", to a more conservative approach. 
> I
> wonder if there is a misconception that low emissions means super clean
> internals?
>
>  Interesting also, my co-worker with a 1997 Passat TDI drives it pretty
> hard, and haas never had a build-up problem. However, the new beetle I
> mentioned is driven very easily, and is probably plugged down to 1/4 
> of an
> inch, I'm guessing. I'll be posting pics when I tear into that one.
>
> Tony Hoffman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Do Diesels ever need similar type cleaning?
>>
>>  I believe it was Scott that found out (got scolded) that if
>> you drive your "early" VW diesel too easily though, your valve
>> will gunk up on the backsides with carbon deposits.  In other
>> words, drive it spriitedly once in a while and enjoy.  :-)
>>  Our service mgr. alway said the ones that were driven harder
>> had less problems and ran better than the easy driven cars.  He
>> never knew just why but then they weren't all that old at that
>> time either.
>>     Loren
>>
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