Hi just wondered if anyone could tell me if you have to warm up and cool down an st2 or st3 the wife is currently looking to buy one and as i'm an old skool escort rs turbo driver (who always runs up and cools down!!) I don't know! any advice appriciated, thanks

 

Yes no reason why you shouldn't warm up and cool down all cars properly regardless of when they were made. Just because they are mass produced and bought by your average Joe who doesn't know the first thing about turbos don't mean you should be ignorant as everyone else. Warm up, cool down.

 

Thanks for your advice, as I said I always warm up and cool down my car, will be doing the same with the ST!!

 

You should warm them up and cool them down as normal but the ST comes with a handy oil temperature gauge which helps I can get mine up to 80 degrees oil temp in around 2 miles by driving it gently, they warm up very quickly which is handy

 

80 degrees in 2 miles...

Is the ST225 oil temp gauge like the one in the ST170 where it isn't a direct reading but a PCM calculated reading. I've got an oil temp sender plumbed into my sump and especially in cold weather will take a good 20mins of driving to build up to around 80 degrees although that is at the bottom of the sump where it is coldest.

 

No idea where it gets it reading from, I've never worried if I'm honest because I never thrash it anyway because it's my daily driver