Who runs a turbo timer?

[Smokey Eddy]

Should i run a turbo timer?
http://www.enjukuracing.com/turbo-timer-type0-p-8252.html?osCsid=e6ea54168959f0dda19a4aabfbde3d79

anyone run one?
i'd love to have one and modify it a bit to not only keep the engine running but to turn on a fan on my oil cooler as it cycles and get it nice and cold for when it finally turns off.

i constantly get the feeling that my turbo is cooking the oil that gets left in it when i turn the car off. sometimes im in a rush and after driving the car hard to get to wheere you wanna go you don't exactly feel like sitting there letting the car idle to try and cool the oil.

I do understand and acknowledge the fact that gas engines have much higher EGT's but would it really be a bad idea?

[GTD.]

Has your turbo got a watercooled core and do you  have the auxilary run on electric water pump? if so and its working you dont need a turbo timer

[Smokey Eddy]

Has your turbo got a watercooled core and do you  have the auxilary run on electric water pump? if so and its working you dont need a turbo timer

No.

[burn_your_money]

What about wiring up a timer that will leave the car running for a minute or so after you take the key out? That way you can lock up and leave and it will still run and cool down.

[burn_your_money]

   Back to bed I go. Carry on

[Smokey Eddy]

What about wiring up a timer that will leave the car running for a minute or so after you take the key out? That way you can lock up and leave and it will still run and cool down.

thats what a turbo timer is!

[Smokey Eddy]

the egts being "cool" is one thing. im talking about how hot the turbo its self is. that iron takes a long time to exchange heat tto the air

[truckinwagen]

when the turbo is hot enough to worry about, the EGT's will be high from the turbine housing and exhaust manifold radiating heat to the probe.

when I ran a turbo I would just take it easy for the last minute or so of driving(in my neighborhood, etc...) and just shut it down.

[Smokey Eddy]

Mmm
Also, are we missing the cool factor of a turbo timer? =P Okay i wont spend $100 on one.
I think i'd pay $40 just for the fun of wiring it up and seeing it work.

[truckinwagen]

the other reason I would not run a turbo timer is that the vw cooling system sucks(fails alot), and I would hate to leave the car running only to have it act up and overheat while I am getting a donut.

I would then have the most expensive donut on the planet, and no car to drive.

I always like to be in the car to watch the gauges in case it decides to lose oil pressure, overheat, catch fire, etc...

[Smokey Eddy]

Mmm yes the catching fire is problematic. which reminds me ... i need to post yet another topic

[OM617]

Timers are pointless on diesels. G@ssers need them because their exhaust, even at idle, is very hot.
By the time you're at your parking spot your turbo is cool, there is no need to wait longer.

[monkey magic]

Speaking of donuts,

By the time you're at your parking spot your turbo is cool, there is no need to wait longer.

So you dont think that heat soak from the manifold would keep the turbo hot, regardless of exhaust gas temps?

I know for a fact that my exhaust is still toasty after i have parked and got out, and would happily wager 87 english pence that the manifold and turbo are very hot indeed at this point in time.

[Smokey Eddy]

Speaking of donuts,

By the time you're at your parking spot your turbo is cool, there is no need to wait longer.

So you dont think that heat soak from the manifold would keep the turbo hot, regardless of exhaust gas temps?

I know for a fact that my exhaust is still toasty after i have parked and got out, and would happily wager 87 english pence that the manifold and turbo are very hot indeed at this point in time.

exactly my thinking.
Im sort of thinking why not cool the whole thing down to a temp you wouldn't want to normally run the car at but enough that at idle the turbo wont be spinning at any alarming rate requiring hot oil. im talking like ... down to 45C or something. And i am refering to the temp of the cast iron of the turbo.

[truckinwagen]

what you might do then is run a second temp gauge and sensor to measure the temp of the cast iron if the turbo/manifold.

a cylinder head temp sender(the kind that is installed under a spark plug) bolted on with one of the turbo to manifold bolts would give you a good reading of the temp of the casting.

run an auber gauge with the alarm set to be on until the temp drops below the preset. have the alarm power both the auber gauge on, and the fuel shutoff.

then when you shut down the car will continue to run until after the temps drop, then both the motor and gauge will shut down.

-Owen