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Anyone ever try this turbo cooling technique?

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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by barneyb
The first turbos installed by auto makers didn't have water cooling. The addition of water cooling was a successful attempt to solve the oil carbonization problem that would sometimes plug turbo lubrication passages. The use of synthetic oil takes this a step further.

Turbo lubrication problems are now very rare and when they do occur they are usually caused by pressurization of the crankcase and not cooling.

So, I think you are brainstorming a fix for a problem that no longer exists.


I don't know where you got that I was trying to fix a problem. It's just an idea. Kinda like an oil cooler, oil squirters and so forth.you can run without them, but do they help? Yes of course.
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