glowing turbo?
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glowing turbo?
ok i know my turbo i supposed to get pretty hot and its okay that it gets a little red with heat. but sometimes after long interstate drives or after hauling *** for a decent amount of time and being in boost, i can pop my hood and my turbo is glowing really bright orange. i mean really bright. i have no heatshield on the outside of it and at night its bright enough to light up my engine bay. is it supposed to be that hot? ive seen tubos glow like that before, but on DSMs making 18-20psi. my car makes 12 or 13 psi. what gives? am i damaging my turbo?
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this is relevant because I am about to replace my turbo -
do I need to put back on the turbo and pre cat heatshields? I'm getting rid of the pre cat with the RB turbo back 3'' DP, but is the turbo heat shield important?
do I need to put back on the turbo and pre cat heatshields? I'm getting rid of the pre cat with the RB turbo back 3'' DP, but is the turbo heat shield important?
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If you guys aren't 100% sure on something, you shouldn't answer...
This is perfectly normal after a hard thrash. It only takes about 10sec of WOT to get heat exhaust components up to a nice cherry red, and if you keep going, they're be bright orange very soon. This has nothing at all to do with the age or condition of the turbo, they'll do it straight out of the box.
If you plan to do this regularly, I'd consider reinstalling those heat shields. Mazda put them there to protect things in your engine bay from just this sort of heat.
Also, a turbo timer is not necessary. A water-cooled turbo does not need to be idled down after normal driving, and after the sort of driving that heats a turbo up like this, a 5min drive at normal speeds would see turbo temps back to normal. That's what the water-cooling is for!
This is perfectly normal after a hard thrash. It only takes about 10sec of WOT to get heat exhaust components up to a nice cherry red, and if you keep going, they're be bright orange very soon. This has nothing at all to do with the age or condition of the turbo, they'll do it straight out of the box.
If you plan to do this regularly, I'd consider reinstalling those heat shields. Mazda put them there to protect things in your engine bay from just this sort of heat.
Also, a turbo timer is not necessary. A water-cooled turbo does not need to be idled down after normal driving, and after the sort of driving that heats a turbo up like this, a 5min drive at normal speeds would see turbo temps back to normal. That's what the water-cooling is for!
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A water-cooled turbo does not need to be idled down after normal driving, and after the sort of driving that heats a turbo up like this, a 5min drive at normal speeds would see turbo temps back to normal. That's what the water-cooling is for!
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Originally posted by gsracer
even the car manual suggests cooling down for a period of 30 seconds after runnign the car on the freeway.
even the car manual suggests cooling down for a period of 30 seconds after runnign the car on the freeway.
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