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3rd Mar, 2006 at 05:24:25pm

bit confused about how the water cooling works on the T2, used the search but couldnt find anything, cant use air and water cooling?
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3rd Mar, 2006 at 05:28:10pm

Not sure what you mean by air / water cooling but...

The T2 has two water connections to allow the turbo to be piped into the coolant system, thus reducing the operating temp.

Can you be more specific in what you mean?


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3rd Mar, 2006 at 05:31:12pm

yea sorry, wasnt very clear just basically wondered how the water cooling works and how efficent it is, and is it still possibly to connect an intercooler as well as the water cooling?
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3rd Mar, 2006 at 05:44:39pm

Right, the water cooling is to help reduce the temp of the turbo unit.

Intercooling is to reduce the temp of the inlet charge after it has been compressed by the turbo.

2 totally different things mate, you dont have to run an intercooler but if you are running a higher than standard boost level it is very wise to do so.

Some t2 turbos dont have water connections... the earlier ones I believe..



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3rd Mar, 2006 at 05:58:51pm

Mine has water connections but I'm not bothering connecting it up.

Turbo life will be reduced, but not drastically. And if you change the oil regulally enough, lifespan shouldn't be affected at all.

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3rd Mar, 2006 at 06:08:42pm

yea, i understant now cheers guys, bit of a basic question but just wanted to clarify how it worked.

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3rd Mar, 2006 at 07:09:53pm

Yea its mainly aimed at factory produced cars that are expected to go forever on no services.

By keeping that core a bit cooler helps to increase service life of your turbo. Maybe worth doing if you intend to keep the turbo long term - but you could probably leave it.

Mine is hooked up - it was easy and made no noticable difference to my engines running temps.

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3rd Mar, 2006 at 07:25:53pm

yea, thanks for help again, will do that then, anything that helps reliability is good in my book!
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