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What? Do you really have to let car sit for 5 minutes before turning off, to cool turbo? ugh.

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Old 12-30-2001, 06:29 AM
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What? Do you really have to let car sit for 5 minutes before turning off, to cool turbo? ugh.
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Default Re: What? Do you really have to let car sit for 5 minutes before turning off, to cool turbo? ugh.

No.
That's left over information from the old turbo days.
If you've been driving hard just take it easy for a few blocks before turning it off. There are cooling fans in the new turbo engines that come on after the car is off to cool it down for you. I hear mine come on all the time on my vw.
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It would be most logical to consider the ambient temperature as well.
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That fan doesn't cool the turbo.
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5 minutes....no; 30 seconds or so should be fine unless you've driven the car very hard.
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Default here's a trick from us 'old timers' - pop open your door and cool it until the door chime changes

i think this will still work for an 02.
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