Just wondering if anyone had any opinion on this really...

 

The only other car I've had with a turbo was a saab 9000, which was a high pressure turbo.  I killed the turbo by not allowing it to cooldown after driving the car (letting the car idle on the drive for a minute to allow the oil to circulate around the turbo, cooling it before turning the engine off, so that the oil and bearings didn't overheat, killing the bearings). 

 

Just wondering if this would be sensible on a fabia 1.6 cr TDI to help preserve turbo life... any thoughts?

My dads always done this to all his cars with a turbo, same as not letting a diesel idle if its cold. A mate with a 300bhp cupra r also does it, only once hes been thrashing it though

Im not sure whether you do still need to do it, but it certainly wont do it any harm.

I'm sure the oil pump keeps going for a short time after shutdown.

The 1.4 TSI in my VRS certainly does it.

It sounds like a high pitched whine noise from the engine bay, you can just about hear it.

I'd probably just take it easy 1 or 2 minutes before you're home / where ever you're going to.

As stated In a diesel dont think its such a must do but hell it aint gonna harm anything

The vRS has an electirc water pump that circulates coolant around the system for approximately three minutes after engine switch-off.

 

Renault have used a similar system for years and it prevents heat soak of individual components by dissapation.

 

That said, a few minutes of allowing the engine to idle after a "spirited" run can do no harm.

Thanks for the replies!  Interesting to know how the technology has changed. Might give it a cool down from now on - like a few have said, it can't hurt...