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Offline Starry

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letting the turbo cool
« on: 02 May 2004, 20:25 »
how long after giving your pride and joy a good shoeing should you let the car cool for? i either drive the last mile or so steady or leave it ticking over for about a min. is this about right???
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Offline GaryM

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Re:letting the turbo cool
« Reply #1 on: 02 May 2004, 23:08 »
Thats pretty much the same as me but after a really good thrashing I will leave it running for 3-5 minutes.
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marcus123

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Re:letting the turbo cool
« Reply #2 on: 03 May 2004, 01:25 »
i left my fiat coupe turbo running for 3-4 mins after ragging it ;)
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Offline Doug W

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Re:letting the turbo cool
« Reply #3 on: 05 May 2004, 10:19 »
Taking it easy the last mile or so I reckon helps (Marcus - I too had a Fiat Coupe, 20VT, let that cool but still manged to get on to my 4th turbo in 12mths ownership  ::) something fundamentaly wrong with the engnie though - turbo packed a big punch once it had spooled up though  ;D) Nice to be back to VW reliability...
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Fielder5757

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Re:letting the turbo cool
« Reply #4 on: 05 May 2004, 11:12 »
get a turbo timer, It will keep the turbo ticking ever even after the ignitions been switched off for about half an hour to let it cool.
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Offline antgti

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Re:letting the turbo cool
« Reply #5 on: 08 May 2004, 02:24 »
half an hour, you what????

think you mean about 3 mins max.
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