The advice of the day may be that you never turn off the engine when parking after a long trip, you run the risk of a major breakdown and very expensive to repair.
Car maintenance ranges from carrying out periodic inspections and passing the ITV when appropriate to those small daily habits that contribute to extending the useful life of the vehicle, especially the mechanical part. Today we give you (and explain) some advice: do not turn off the engine when parking after a long trip, you run a significant risk of suffering a breakdown.
It is vital to respect the heating and cooling phases of the engine. We have all assimilated that we must let the mechanics of the car gain temperature until it reaches the optimal working temperature.
During this process, do not increase the revolutions too much and accelerate progressively to let the engine increase those degrees necessary to avoid premature wear of the internal parts of the block. It also helps the coolant to circulate through the circuit and all the metals to expand and couple before demanding a greater workload from the engine.
Never turn off the engine when parking after a long trip, you run this risk
And respecting this process is just as important as allowing the engine to cool down for a few minutes before stopping it after a long journey. Generally, on long trips at highway speeds, turbocharged engines require after a short time to cool down.
Not the engine, but the turbo itself. At this workload, the turbocharger gains a lot of temperature and if you don’t give it some time to cool down, you run the risk that the bearings will suffer and end up leading to an expensive breakdown.
For this reason, after a long trip, let the engine idle for a few seconds (approximately a minute), this will help the turbo to reduce temperature and prolong its useful life.
If you are driving at low rpm after a long trip, for example, in the city, where you will stop numerous times (for traffic or traffic lights), this will allow the turbo to cool down, which reduces the time you should leave the engine turned on before stopping it.