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Was speaking to a guy today who said that he used to do alot of work on turbos about 10-15 years ago.

He told me that he made a device that would keep oil flowing through the turbo for about a minute after the engine was shut off... cant remember exactly how he explained it but basicly he had a seperate cannister with a small amount of oil in it, which when the engine was shut off, a valve would open and allow this cold oil to flow through...

anyone heard of anything like this? or is this dude talkin crap?

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It could be done, but just wondering if it would help much since when the engine is on the turbo is spinning at a specific rate and while the engine is on all the oil is flowing through the bearings etc while they are moving etc, i dont think letting oil pass through the turbo while its not spinning would be so effective. I myself dont use a turbo timer just for the fact that 5-10min before i enter my driveway i take it easy and let things cool down, and then give it 20 sec to get out of the car etc then shut it off. My 2 Cents.

This sounds similar to a system that Subaru use in the B4 engines to cool the turbo down properly.

Just use a turbo timer and make sure it's wired to the handbrake so when the handbrake is disengaged it'll shut the car off immediately

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