Safe to not water cool?
 

i have an oil and water cooled T3 off from a volvo andi was wondering if it would be safe to just oi;l cool it and not run anything through the water part of the center section just out of simplicity. It seems the turbo wasnt running water through it before because it is all rusty inside of watercooled section.

Re: Safe to not water cool?
 

yeah its fine, ---- probly everyone on this board has blocked off there water passages.

Re: Safe to not water cool?
 

Yep, you'll be fine. It does help with turbo life, but it will be perfectly fine not running coolant to it. Just try and let the engine idle for 2 minutes or so before shutting it off, or look into a turbo timer.

Re: Safe to not water cool?
 

water cooling simply eliminates the need to turbo time your car. ;)

Re: Safe to not water cool?
 

im sure water cooling th turbine will keep its overall temps down, if you do that and rape your car you might to upgrade to a better radiator or somethin though

Re: Safe to not water cool?
 

sur O0 ^-^ >:D

Re: Safe to not water cool?
 

thanks guys as u guys can ee ive been posting allot lately im getting real close to turbo the rex. Then ill be an official member of the HMT community. i was just gunna put some plugs in the water ports looks like u guys confirmed my intension thanks guys. lock er up

Re: Safe to not water cool?
 

Why don't you just remove the water lines going through the TB and run them to the turbo. You can kill two birds with one stone.

Re: Safe to not water cool?
 

because then then the car won't idle right.

Re: Safe to not water cool?
 

it will idle fine.

i have always by-passed the TB passages.

my teg and my stang