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Short Scirroco journeys

I am interested in buying a Volkswagen Scirocco 1.4.

However, I have to do a lot of short journeys (half a mile or so). Would this damage the supercharger/turbocharger if many of the journeys were done from cold?

Asked on 6 April 2011 by Highway61

Answered by Honest John
Shouldn't. The good thing about a petrol turbo engine with a water cooled turbo (which this has) is that because the coolant water goes through the hot exhaust manifold it heats up faster.

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