Re: Turbo care

[Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

..>From: raf40@oes.amdahl.com (Richard Funnell)
..>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 12:43:45 -0800
..>

i think that you'd find that both these turbos are air-cooled, not water cooled.
the water cooled turbo for the ur-q was the 1988 2.2litre/hydralic cam motor
upgrade if memory is correct....

warming down is an absolute must after hard driving with a air-cooled turbo.

-dave.
'93 s2
'90 ur-q

..>I've owned 2 Audi turbo's, both oil-cooled.  The first, an '82 5KT, was on
..>its 4th turbo when I sold it at @115K miles.  I made no effort to cool it
..>off properly, and had some bad luck (a turbo shaft broke in 2 pieces in the
..>middle of the night with a car full of wife and kids, but that's another
..>story.  Kept driving till the noise went away.).  My current '83 urQ has
..>close to 100K miles, with no signs of turbo fatigue.  When I had my heads
..>done a couple years ago, the turbo was checked for free play and passed
..>with flying colors.
..>