i don't have a turbo timer. so how long should i let the car idle before i shut the engine off? also, what turbo timers you guys recomend thats reliable and easy to install...
thanks

 

The stock turbo is water cooled, so unless you have just been really thrashing it, no cool down is needed.

 

If you have a non stock turbo with only an oil circuit, then most turbo timers have a computed cool down time option that varies from a few seconds to a few minutes.

My timer may compute as much as a minute of cool down time while running down the road, but by the time I find a parking spot, it's back to zero.

The only reason I have it is the "cool" factor, and I got it cheap.

 

oh, cool...
i kept thinking that it was oil cooled.
thx

oh yeah, sometimes after a drive and i'm back to the car like 30-40 minutes later... it doesn't start. it cranks and fires up but imediately shuts off. i have to do that at least four times until it starts normally again. any ideas?

 

rule of thumb for me is: drive normally without boosting as if your grandma was in the car 1 MILE from your house.......by the time you get home it should be cool enough to shut off right away........

it might be flooding.....search for HOT START problem

 

I know it's going off tangent, but hope your car doesn't catch on fire.

 

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