Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 20:05:15 +0000 From: Matt Gibson <gothicknopsamick.org.uk> Subject: Re: First Time Turbo Buyer
davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > The logic behind the cool-down is that when you turn off the engine, > the oil flow to the turbo stops, but it's still spinning. This isn't > all that critical (especially since 1987 when Saab went to a water-cooled > turbo, which runs cooler), but it's not a bad idea. For what it's worth, Saab themselves certainly still advised it after '87 -- I know because my '88 T16S still has the Saab information sticker on the back of the driver's side pull-down sun visor thing! It says to idle for at least 30 seconds before switching the engine off. M -- "It's the small gaps between the rain that count, and learning how to live amongst them." -- Jeff Noon