Turbo care & maintenance tips?

[PaulT]

First Taco AND first Turbo. Just watched videos of turbo care (e.g., let oil warm up before driving hard, let engine idle a bit before turning off, etc).

Are these care tips still legit with current tech? Were these tips ever legit? TIA

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[Sandeep1994]

Toyota says to only idle if driving on highway at high speed . Normally no need to idle after driving . . I have civic turbo . I always leave it idle for 2-3 min . It has almost 129 k mile on it and it still runs like new .. on the other hand one of my friend have same model , same year - he didnt took proper care now his civic is not as smooth .

 

[Timster]

The turbo is also cooled via coolent, not just oil from what I read. Not sure on this engine but my Audi has a separate electric water pump that cools the turbo even after turning off the motor. I'll know after getting my 24. Should be any day now.

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