Ditching the Turbo water pump...
04-30-2005, 09:30 PM
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Ditching the Turbo water pump...
Has anyone deleted the turbo water pump? I still want to water cool the turbo, I just don't really see a need for the auxillary pump. I am installing a Turbo timer, so I think it would be redundant. I'm always for simplifying things in the engine bay. Any insight is appreciated. 
04-30-2005, 09:40 PM
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Turbo timer isn't a bad idea, but why delete the H2O pump? It increases turbo life and unless it's broken and you're loathe to spend the $150 on a new one, why bother getting rid of it? It's not hurting anything.
I normally just idle my car for a couple minutes prior to shutdown so the coolant and oil will scavenge a lot of the heat away, then once shut down, the turbo pump runs an extra 30 seconds to further cool the turbo down. Can't hurt.
I normally just idle my car for a couple minutes prior to shutdown so the coolant and oil will scavenge a lot of the heat away, then once shut down, the turbo pump runs an extra 30 seconds to further cool the turbo down. Can't hurt.
04-30-2005, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
why delete the H2O pump? It increases turbo life and unless it's broken and you're loathe to spend the $150 on a new one, why bother getting rid of it? It's not hurting anything..
Because like he said in his original post, he wants to simplify the engine bay.
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I was wondering what joe was earlier I have a leaky pump and might just put a 90 degree elbow in the place of the waterpump and keep the lines to it, would that work?
