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by actionfromafar 944 days ago
Also turbo charged engines can greatly benefit from running idle for a minute. I learned the hard way. (Had to replace the turbo.)
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There have existed "turbo timers" that keep the engine running for a short time after the key is off to help avoid this. Not sure if that works with modern cars as easily.
Modern turbo designs (most anything in the last 25 years, at least) use water cooled turbos and convection keeps the water flowing after the engine is turned off. This is why we don't use turbo timers any more.
And also even back then it affected almost no one, there were loads of tests done on this by automotive magazines of the era and found out that usually the last 1-2 minutes of gentle driving to your driveway/garage is more than enough to cool down the turbo properly, the only people affected were those who due to either aggressive driving or circumstances of their location would drive at high rpm, stop, then immediately shut down their engines.
Towing something heavy uphill, then stopping to get some gas and a sandwich. The SAAB killer move.
I have a 2021 twin turbo car (Audi RS 5). It runs the radiator and pumps adaptively on engine shut off to bring things down.