Care of turbo

Don�t shut the engine down immediately after driving the car hard.


Do idle the engine or �take it easy� driving for a minute or two after getting into the turbo prior to shutting the engine down. This prevents �coking� of oil on the turbo bearings.


Don�t gun the engine just prior to turning the key off. Gunning the engine has two deleterious affects on the engine. One, the turbo is spun up and left spinning with no oil to the bearings. Two, extra fuel coats the cylinder walls washing the oil off leaving dry/bare cylinder walls for the next restart.


Do take special care to prevent dirt/objects inadvertently dropped down the turbo compressor discharged opening while/when the intercooler is removed. The same goes for the front side of the compressor if the VAM hose is removed/opened.


Don�t run a turbo equipped engine without an air filter. Self-explanatory�


When installing a water injection system:
Don�t install the water injector prior to the turbo.

Do install it after the intercooler fins and prior to the throttle body.

Pre-oil the oil filter.
While waiting for the oil to drain from the oil pan take the oil filter you will be installing and a fresh quart of oil that you will be putting back in the crank case. Put oil in the large hole in the middle of the filter. Put it back in the oil filter box (or any other place to keep it from tipping over). After a few minutes you should be able to fill it to the threaded portion again.

Special care is required when conducting oil changes on a turbocharger-equipped engine. Oil and filter changes should be conducted about every 3,000 to 3,500 miles, depending on conditions. Conditions that may require more frequent changes are extreme dirty/dusty driving, prolonged hot and slow driving (read: Summer rush hour traffic), or especially �hard� driving. Synthetic oil is highly recommended�. specifically Mobile-One.