Turbo Timer Setting

[TTimmons]

Hello all,



I have an Edge Juice/w Attitude, and it has the built in turbo timer, which allows me to shut the truck off when the egt's get down to a certain temp. My question is, what is a good temp for the shut down to happen? I currently have it set for 350 degrees. Is this good, or should it be lower?



Thx!!

 

[mwilson]

After some soul-searching and experimentation I settled on the timed shut down option rather than the temperature shut down option for turbo cooling.



I set it for two minutes, that seems to work for me.



Mike.

 

[Reelay]

I have mine set at a temps. not time. I have it set for 350* and have at times set it at 400*. From what I have read from other posts and sites that should be pretty close to good settings.

 

[Prairie Dog]

I've always read that you should let exhaust temps drop below 300 before shut down and that above that the oil will "coke" in the turbo.

 

[pjorlando]

I have my Edge set at 260 degrees. I like the idea of cooling the oil down around the turbo to prevent any problems and adding longevity to the turbo is paramount to me. I had been a tech working on the older European diesels and knew then that a hot turbo sitting in hot oil was bad for both. I've seen firsthand what a toasted turbo looks like if not allowed to cool down after runnning. I'm cheap, so the few cents I spend on fuel running the engine an extra 2 or 3 minutes to cool down is cheap insurance. Besides, you should see the stares when the truck shuts down with no body sitting in it.

 

[TTimmons]

Thanks for all the good info. I'll probably readjust my setting to 300, or possibly 290.

 

[AClayton]

I have mine set a 300 also! Been that way for 4 yrs now with no problems!

 

[rayjay]

Just got my Edge installed, I set my temp for 300.

I'm glad I found this to confirm. Maybe once I start towing I might drop it a few clicks to be safe.

 

[ColemanR]

I shut my truck off as soon as it hits 350deg (no timer) last turbo was rebuilt at 550K.....