few more questions from a novice

[moore]

hello again, sorry about all these rubbish questions, but you dont know unless you ask etc. anyway...

1. my s2 gets incredibly hot round the front of the car, even when its been switched off for ages. Is this normal? all the gauges seem fine. I think there maybe something wrong with my turbo, could this be a side effect? The radiator seems to work, as it will still come on even when the engine is switched off, as it should. the gague never goes much higher than 90.

2. running the engine once youve stopped. Is this absolutley necessary? does it matter how hard youve driven it and for how long? If i say, did a 30 minute drive with the occasional foot down but not too much, how long would i need to leave it? it doesnt say anything about leaving it to purr in the manual yet all turbo owners seem to do it?

3. bose speakers. do any s2s come with bose speakers? I thought they did, but mine are defo not bose.

4. my engine sits at about 2 marks lower than 1000rpm. is that normal?

Thanks in advance. so far, every1 who has replied to my queries has been a great help.

Moore

[Ski]

Hi And welcome to the forum.

1. my s2 gets incredibly hot round the front of the car, even when its been switched off for ages. Is this normal? all the gauges seem fine. I think there maybe something wrong with my turbo, could this be a side effect? The radiator seems to work, as it will still come on even when the engine is switched off, as it should. the gague never goes much higher than 90.

that is fine yes. Engine gets hot and cools off a bit longer than ur ordinary engine

2. running the engine once youve stopped. Is this absolutley necessary? does it matter how hard youve driven it and for how long? If i say, did a 30 minute drive with the occasional foot down but not too much, how long would i need to leave it? it doesnt say anything about leaving it to purr in the manual yet all turbo owners seem to do it?

Yes it depends on how hard u drive it. Keep it below 3k rpm for last 10 mins of your journey and you'll be ok. even still our S2's have after run pump its still best to keep under 3krpm (so turbo dosnt spin up).

3. bose speakers. do any s2s come with bose speakers? I thought they did, but mine are defo not bose.

If they did, it would be a added extra. Mine dosnt have bose

4. my engine sits at about 2 marks lower than 1000rpm. is that normal?

That is normal too

[s2driveruk]

you can always run the aircon in the last mile or so if you have been giving it some as this fires up the fan and helps to get rid of some heat. If i have been giving it some serious abuse then i'll leave it on the drive with the bonnet up for a while so at least the heat goes straight out rather than having to come out the grill.

I'm not sure what the factory spec speakers were....Blaupunkt used to be their preferred kit but mine has Alpine speakers as a factory fitted option. I'd love some Bose ones in mine