Turbo Timer
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turbo timers keep the car running at idle after you turned it off so you can keep oil flowing through the turbo to cool it down and to keep oil from cooking in the really hot turbo
but it is good to just run your car at idle for a lil after its been driving for a while
but it is good to just run your car at idle for a lil after its been driving for a while
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why dosen't it make sense all a turbo timer is is a timer
so why wouldn't that be true about the inside of your engine then
so why wouldn't that be true about the inside of your engine then
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so oil doesnt really cook in your engine as it would in a turbo
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no its not a stupid question at all actually, Im thinking about putting one on my car,
well for one I want to eventually convert to turbo that should hopfully happpen this summer
and like I said before Ive heard its good after a long trip to let your car run at idle for a lil bit
well for one I want to eventually convert to turbo that should hopfully happpen this summer
and like I said before Ive heard its good after a long trip to let your car run at idle for a lil bit
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the timer keeps the car running till the turbo has time to cool and slow down ...
The shafts on most turbochargers spin in excess of 50,000 RPM and generate lots of heat. To keep your turbocharger's heat under control, most are cooled by circulating oil or water (coolant) around the shaft. The turbocharger's shaft is free to rotate at will and there is no way to stop the shaft from spinning after shutting the engine off. To dissipate and stabilze the heat in the turbocharger, most manufacturers recommend that a car be idled for a period of time after moderate to hard driving to allow the oil/water to take heat out of the turbocharger.
Failure to reduce the temperature of the turbo could result in the oil around the shaft "coking". Coking is basically the baking of oil, turning it into a hard substance that could plug your oil lines and cause oil "starvation", preventing proper cooling of your turbocharger and reducing it's operating lifespan.
Failure to reduce the temperature of the turbo could result in the oil around the shaft "coking". Coking is basically the baking of oil, turning it into a hard substance that could plug your oil lines and cause oil "starvation", preventing proper cooling of your turbocharger and reducing it's operating lifespan.
on a na or supercharged car i dont see as much of a need for one , i normaly just let my car idle for a min or so befor i turn it off...
I will add one to my car eventually, just for the fact that I like to let the car idle for a little after some hard driving, which is most of the time for me. It can't hurt anything and they aren't expensive. Some also have neat secondary features, my buddy has one that is incorporated into a wideband display. Looks pretty neat. He has a turbo RSX though, so he actually needs it.
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You don't need to let your car run...
The thing with a turbo setup (mainly aftermarket) is that it NEEDS a way to cool down the temps not because of the engine but because of the center section. The hot oil can be coked on the bearings which can cause a failure of the turbocharger, failure of the oil seals or oil backing up and not returning back to the oil pan which...you can imagine what can happen there.
The thing with a turbo setup (mainly aftermarket) is that it NEEDS a way to cool down the temps not because of the engine but because of the center section. The hot oil can be coked on the bearings which can cause a failure of the turbocharger, failure of the oil seals or oil backing up and not returning back to the oil pan which...you can imagine what can happen there.
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Yeah a turbo timer is not necessary with an SC. The only time you really need to let the car run is right after a hard run. That is only to let the SC cool just a bit before shutting it off. During normal driving letting the car run for a minute after driving does nothing, the SC is already going to be at it's operating tempurature. If anything letting the car sit and run for a minute could increase the tempurature since there is no airflow to cool the engine bay when you aren't moving.
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