[Shotimes] Oil Gurus opinions wanted

[Ron Nottingham]

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>


> On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:25:41 -0500, Epperly wrote:
>
> >Early in the turbo use
> >there was a cokeing problem with the oil if the motor was turned off
right
> >after a high speed run.
>
> Somewhere in the owners manual for my Tbird Turbo was mentioned the
suggestion that
> the car be driven easy for the first few minutes of driving, and the last
minute to
> let the oil in the turbo cool down to below coking temperatures.
>
> Lots of cars came in to dealers with blown turbos the first year or two
they were
> out.
>
> Mine is original, after 200K miles.   All it took was some easy driving
near
> shutdown.
>

George,
You are correct about the Turbo T-bird owners manual.  My '84 had that in
there many times in different places.  I just installed a turbo timer and
another little gadget that stored oil, then released the oil when it was
starting up (some oil went onto the cam, while the majority went through the
turbo).

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
90 SHO
"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"