I've seen someone saying that they will let their diesel cool down at idle for a few minutes after a long drive. Is this a thing?
Supposedly it is a really big issue with Variable geometry turbos. I think the current workaround is to use radiator coolant as a heat sink to disspate heat around the turbo after shutoff, at least for gas vehicles.MouthBQ98 said:
Your oil cools your turbos so you want to keep your oil at operating temp. Probably back when diesel turbos were relatively newer and when oil wasn't as good in quality and turbo and engine cooling designs weren't as good, you'd get issues with turbos running hot and deteriorating the oil or getting inadequate lubrication.
I'm going to guess that now they design the turbos to remain cooled sufficiently at operating temperature as the oil should not get much hotter than the rest of the engine as it moves through the turbo or it would be breaking down all the time in regular operation. As soon as your engine stops, your hot exhaust stop and cooling starts. It literally can't get hotter than it already is at that moment in the turbos, and it should be design Ed to have remained cool enough at operating temp.
But, I suppose if you have a poor design that can get too hot and suddenly stop cooling oil circulation by turning off the engine while the turbo has been spun up, the heat might spike briefly and deteriorate the oil left in the turbo.