Druidoak60
Wrench Pro
Turbo timer, needed or not needed. I ask because I 'm having a turbo I bought used rebuilt, it's a GT2556r, the bearings where coked, oil baked on due to heat caused by shutting down the car before the turbo cooled off. I did some research and it seems that no one uses them any more. So is it just a matter of driving around a little bit to give the turbo time to cool off after running it hard or is a timer still of some use? The big reasons for not running one is that todays oils are better and most turbos are also water cooled. But I still had to deal with getting new bearings installed. Previous owner said the turbo had about 45k miles of use. So did the previous owner just abuse the turbo or is a timer still worth while?