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      01-13-2013, 07:36 PM   #20
LeifW
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Originally Posted by Dackelone View Post
When I was with M3adjuster when he took his ED delivery of his 1M... the SA at the BMW Welt told us that one SHOULD let the engine cool down when you have been pushing it on the highway/autobahn. He said it only takes a couple of WOT runs before the exhaust is glowing red hot. Its best to let the engine idle for a min or two - to let the oil temps stabilize. I let my engine cool down running any time I been getting on the gas hard - before shutting things down.
Well that's good enough for me. Also, Mike Miller (Bimmer magazine and Roundel) also recommends letting a turbo engined BMW idle.

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