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The Nissan Dci 2.2 2005 I had prior to the Kia CRDi said in the manual, that being a turbo diesel, you should wait 15 seconds after turning engine on before driving off, and 30 secs when stopped before turning off.

It was a pain in the ass, but I did, as under warrenty.

The theory was that the turbo had time to get lubricated on startup, and on switch off it had a chance to cool down.

Turbo still went at 24k, and I drive like a wuzz 80% of time - commuting.

Anyone know if this is good advice for turbo diesels in general?

Or just Nissan trying to evade a bad engine design fault!