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Picking up my 911 Turbo in 2 weeks

Hang on, Scotjc. Think your advice re turbo cooling is no longer valid for modern Porsche examples. You may have noticed that when you switch off, the cooling fan kicks in straightaway and continues to blow at intervals for a while until everything cools down. Thats the Porsche method to avoid turbo oil carbonising.
This fan actuation is a bit of a laugh in public car parks, especially with the old dears.Park up at, say, a National Trust place, close up the car and retire to the nearest picnic bench for a cuppa. Watch with amusement as the grans walk past and then recoil when the "wooosh" starts up!

JohnC
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i know what your saying sailor (sounds like a quote from a carry on film!), and apoligise. I had the us manual on computer which definately states to leave the car running at idle for 2 mins after "excessive or prolonged driving" to "prevent excessive heat build up" as per most turbo high perfomance cars but the same section in the uk handbook doesn't mentoion it? Didn't think US cars were any different to uk in general terms unless there allowing for higher outside temps? I still take it easy for the last couple of miles home as the heat soak through the rear wings is quite considerable but i now have no need other than good engineering practise! The uk manual doesn't mention much about about allowing temps to come up before hard driving/ full throttle either, but is a very worthwhilke exercise!
 
I wouldn't have thought a fan would make much difference. Let your engine idle if you want to be safe.

My 930 has a turbo timer built into the alarm which solves the problem.
 
Think I will just let the car run idle and take it slow towards the end of the journey to be on the safe side. Thanks Guys.

One thing I did notice though with regards to my windows, on the the drivers side, a single click on the button raises the window till it closes, but this does not happen on the passenger side. Is this a fault?

Im sure the single press worked on my boxster..

 
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