When driving a turbocharged car, try to pay attention to these 3 points, the engine will be less faulty
1. Do not idle for a long time
When driving a car with a turbo boost, be sure not to slam the accelerator on the spot, let alone keep the vehicle idling for a long time, which will cause the turbocharger to leak oil. And when we make the vehicle idle for a long time, because the turbocharger does not enter the working state, it will cause some oil leakage. Therefore, when you drive a turbocharged car, it is best not to idle for more than 20 minutes.
2. Do not turn off the engine immediately after high-speed driving
If we drive at a very high speed, the temperature of the supercharger will rise and the casing will be burned red. At this time, we must do a good job of cooling the supercharger, otherwise it will easily cause damage.
The main things that help the supercharger to cool down are the oil heat dissipation and the coolant, so you must not turn off the engine immediately after high-speed driving. It is better to idle for about two minutes to help the supercharger cool down and dissipate heat.
Some people feel that after the engine is turned off, the cooling fan can continue to help the supercharger to dissipate heat, so that the vehicle does not need to keep idling.
In fact, the cooling fan is mainly used to cool the cabin after parking, not to help the supercharger to dissipate heat. It is not the shell of the supercharger that is really afraid of heat, but the bearings inside the supercharger.
Some car owners said that they always turned off the engine immediately after parking, and there was no problem of damage to the supercharger. In fact, the supercharger is not always in working state. Whether the supercharger works or not is directly related to the size of the accelerator we step on when driving, so when our driving speed is not very high, increasing the momentum does not work. So there will be no increase in temperature.
However, if we drive at a high speed and intensely, the temperature of the increase period will rise, so at this time, it is necessary to give the supercharger a time to cool down before turning it off.
It is not only when driving at high speed that the supercharger will work. If we take some steeper slopes, the supercharger will also enter the working state in order to increase the power, so we must learn to distinguish it when driving at ordinary times.
3. Regularly check the spark plugs
The service life of the spark plug of a turbocharged engine is about half shorter than that of a self-priming engine.
The reason why this happens is that with the same displacement, the turbocharged engine cylinder produces more mixture, and the turbocharged combustion chamber capacity is relatively small, so in such a small space Combustion can easily shorten the life of the spark plug.
Cars that can drive turbocharged engines must check the spark plugs frequently to avoid vehicle failure due to corrosion of the spark plug electrodes.
However, vehicle manufacturers also consider this aspect in the manufacturing process, so the durability of spark plugs placed inside turbocharged cars is better. And in most cases, we are usually relatively stable when driving, which can also better extend the life of the spark plugs.
When we buy a car, we usually pay more attention to the stability of the engine, but after the car starts to use, in addition to its own stability, it also has a great relationship with our future maintenance and maintenance.
Therefore, as car owners, we must always carry out vehicle maintenance and take good care of them when we are driving at ordinary times.
