Yes, Volvos of that vintage have water (coolant) cooled turbos. Much
better than the oil cooled ones of earlier years.
Have no idea what the current cars use for compressor cooling...
Bret "esoteric info R us" Dodson
'96 Miata R
Seattle, WA
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 Mtnman3620@aol.com wrote:
> No, don't laugh yet. It's for my brother...we are debating a point about his
> 87 740 Turbo. He says a mechanic said that the turbo is "coolant cooled". Is
> there such a beast? I'll be quite honest and say that i do not know as much
> about cars as I should, but I thought that the only way they were cooled was
> oil.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel Ledford
> #94 GS
> 99 Mitsu Eclipse GSX
>
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