Turbo timer

GRASSorMUCK

Have a problem/habit of jumping off some machines especially loader without letting cool down, would a turbo timer type device be useful?

Dont be daft

GRASSorMUCK wrote: »

Have a problem/habit of jumping off some machines especially loader without letting cool down, would a turbo timer type device be useful?

As long as your giving enough time to let the oil return back to the turbo before ya knock it off I don't see the need.

I know for turbo cars its recommended that you give it about 30 secs. I presume the same applies to bigger machines.

Warm up time would be much more important in my view.

Zr105

GRASSorMUCK wrote: »

Have a problem/habit of jumping off some machines especially loader without letting cool down, would a turbo timer type device be useful?

It'd do exactly what your wanting it to do anyway, not sure what way their wired in tho, mates evo had one and you could set the length of time it stayed running for, he used to knock great fun out of jumping out of it and walking away from it in car parks people would be trying to stop him and saying you left it running then it'd shut itself off

Sir Arthur Daley

I would like to see evidence of this, have driven turbo diesels cars and jeeps all my life and driven them hard, never did i let a vehicle tick over for a period of time after a hard drive and never suffered a turbo failure.
Put up over 300,000 miles in a pajero and was still going with oceans of power when i sold it.

Figerty

Dont be daft wrote: »

As long as your giving enough time to let the oil return back to the turbo before ya knock it off I don't see the need.

I know for turbo cars its recommended that you give it about 30 secs. I presume the same applies to bigger machines.

Warm up time would be much more important in my view.

Keeping the oil changed ahead of schedule is the most important thing. Turbos run at 40,000 to 100,00 rpm (ballpark),, they have to be let cool out after driving or the bearing will sieze.
Unless you come off the tractor at full revs and pull the stopper you probably have dropped the revs for 20 seconds which is enough for it to slow down and the oil to calm down.

_Brian

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

I would like to see evidence of this, have driven turbo diesels cars and jeeps all my life and driven them hard, never did i let a vehicle tick over for a period of time after a hard drive and never suffered a turbo failure.
Put up over 300,000 miles in a pajero and was still going with oceans of power when i sold it.

I know my X-trail handbook has a recommendation that if you're after roasting it on a motorway or pulling a heavy load then a period of time driving easy is recommended before shutting off, doesn't mention needing to idle.

Many turbos have very little oil circulating near the bearings, shutting them off red hot the oil will be boiled/degraded and thus less lubrication when starting the engine next time... doing this repeatedly will cause premature failure of the turbo bearing..

I asked a friend who worked with Nissan about this before purchasing and he said its only a problem in extreme cases, any amount of easy driving avoids the problem.

Kevhog1988

i have had a few cars with turbo timers… there very handy wired into ignition too… i actually have an apex one knocking about here somewhere if you want it

Farmer

I suppose lads in a hurry would start switching them off coming in the gate tryin to get it to stop at the door.