[Vwdiesel] OT: General Diesel Questions

[James Hansen]

No.  Probaly a cummins you heard... they are designed to do that.  They have
a huge volume oil pump. I forget the gpm, but it is large.  Also, as the
jake goes on, the turbo would spool down, and cool down for that matter too.
-James

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> Behalf Of dennis pantazis
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:22 PM
> To: Vwdiesel at Audifans. Com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] OT: General Diesel Questions
>
>
> this is still diesel related, but not vw...
>
> i am going up a slight grade (a big one for ne illinois) in my
> gas guzzling,
> terrorist funding suv, and a semi passes me. not an ordinary
> semi, a tricked
> out western starr, and his turbo is SCREAMING, at least i think its
> screaming, its louder than sin. then we hit the first stoplight where the
> expressway ends (it does end, trust me) and the light goes yellow, jake
> brakes kick in and the thing goes from a high pitched scream to
> the belch of
> an ogre. we stop at the light, a relatively 'quiet' rumble.
>
> so now for my question, and forgive my if it seems naive, but, if
> your turbo
> is spinning that fast, then you have to come to a complete stop in a short
> distance and the jake brake kicks in, and you come to an idle, are you
> risking turbo damage due to what would seem to be a great change in oil
> pressure?
>
> tia
>
> dennis
>
>
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