turbo timer?

[JShadzi at aol.com]

I agree, turbo timers are for older cars without water cooled turbos, 
anything with a water jacket and a reasonable driver does not need one.
Javad
80tq.com

In a message dated 10/7/2001 7:40:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
brett at cloud9.net writes:

<< Between water cooled turbos, synthetic oil, and after run circuits, these 
 are completely unnecessary.  I assume we're talking about the gizmo that
 runs the engine for a few minutes after you've turned off the ignition.
 
 IMHO, drive the car gently for the last few minutes of operation and
 you'll be fine; I found that monitoring the coolant temp sensor with
 VAG-COM, coolant temp dipped slightly while idling after a 20 minute
 drive, then slowly started to rise; anything over about 30-60 seconds is
 counterproductive.  People are grossly overconcerned about the whole
 issue, probably because early turbos were not oil cooled, and synthetic
 was not in common use.
 
 Brett
  >>