afterrun thermoswitch question - do you still need to idle after easy city or 80 mph hwy driving?
11-06-2007, 09:41 AM
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ha. no...but that would be fun.
When you chop the throttle, the turbo still takes a few seconds to spin down. It's spinning when you are idling. I'm just saying, i don't pull into a parking space and turn it off immediately after the car stops. Some turbo cars have a gravity fed reservoir of oil to feed the turbo after the engine shuts off for this reason.
11-06-2007, 09:45 AM
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I think we're being a little extreme here.
There really is no reason to idle unless you've been in boost.
But, if you want to be over-safe, keep doing it. No harm done other than taking time.
I typically pull into my space and shutoff after about 1-2 seconds. I park 3 floors down in a parking garage, so my car has been out of boost for about a minute before I park.
But, if you want to be over-safe, keep doing it. No harm done other than taking time.
I typically pull into my space and shutoff after about 1-2 seconds. I park 3 floors down in a parking garage, so my car has been out of boost for about a minute before I park.
11-06-2007, 09:55 AM
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I have 270k miles on my original turbo in the 200 and 255k miles original in the 5000.
I regularly shut the 200 off while I'm still rolling into the parking space. How about that? lol.
11-07-2007, 12:35 PM
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Not everyone lives in an underground car park! It is always possible for
owners to switch off immediately after a hard run - that is what we are trying to avoid afterall. You'll be telling us you don't have the after-run pump mod next- LOL!
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