Rob R
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Is it illegal to have a turbo timer fitted come MOT time as you're not meant to leave a car unatended while it's still running are you?
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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garages quite often leave cars running unattended before they do the MOT to make sure they are warm
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TomSBD
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Spalding, Lincs
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will be fine
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Mike GSi
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Drives:Astra VXR
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 ive never thought of this, i supose you could turn it off for when they do the mot.
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TomSBD
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really cant see it making any odds as there is no where in the maunal thats says anything about leaving a car unatended etc
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Rob R
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Cool. i would read the instuction manual for the timer to see if you can turn off the timer feature, but being Blitz it's in Japanese
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16V_1600
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Registered: 7th Oct 07
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yeah just turned mine off on the MR2. It was a sard one though and just had an off button lol, no jap instructions to decipher 
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stubs
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob R
Is it illegal to have a turbo timer fitted come MOT time as you're not meant to leave a car unatended while it's still running are you?
That's like asking would your car fail its MOT for being capable of exceeding the speed limit 
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Mike GSi
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cars can fail mot if it carys on running whith the ignition switched off. FACT
but as its the turbo timer thats keeping it running other than the engine overheating so much that it carrys on igniting without ignition, Youll be ok
[Edited on 22-01-2008 by Mike Z20LET]
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JM_16v
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just say you turn it off an sit in it till its offf
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stubs
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike Z20LET
cars can fail mot if it carys on running whith the ignition switched off. FACT
but as its the turbo timer thats keeping it running other than the engine overheating so much that it carrys on igniting without ignition, Youll be ok
[Edited on 22-01-2008 by Mike Z20LET]
He questioned the legality of having it fitted, not the operation of it during the test
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Mike GSi
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yes they are Legal 
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Planty02
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ok, stupid question time...what exactly does a turbo timer do? is the engine fully running after the ignition is off??
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WATSON
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You will be fine, we have never had any problems with ours on the evo,rs turbo or anything else of that matter 
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Ste L
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quote:
Originally posted by Planty02
ok, stupid question time...what exactly does a turbo timer do? is the engine fully running after the ignition is off??
it keep's the engine running to circulate oil around the turbo to cool it & to help prolong the life after a drivin the car
[Edited on 22-01-2008 by Ste L]
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ebthesned
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im sure if they fail you for having a turbo timer then I wouldnt use that garage again lol
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Colin
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You should be able to switch it off.
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by Ste L
quote:
Originally posted by Planty02
ok, stupid question time...what exactly does a turbo timer do? is the engine fully running after the ignition is off??
it keep's the engine running to circulate oil around the turbo to cool it & to help prolong the life after a drivin the car
[Edited on 22-01-2008 by Ste L]
More of a gimmick really, you don't need one just drive off boost for a couple of mins after driving the car hard.
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nik
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Turbo timers are pointless. Just drive the last few miles off boost or let it cool down when you stop!
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
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i read something the car only needs to cool down for about 5 secs or so, not 2 minutes like some seem to think including myself.
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nik
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With the Evo's I used to drive off boost for the last 5-10 mins of a journey, never any problems. As someone said, just a gimmic, not worth the hassle of fitting it.
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ed
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Would just say disable it for the test?
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mattk
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Do I need to cool mine down 
funny acctually my mate jumped out of his scooby when we were stopped by the police
the copper said could you get out of the car and take the keys from the ignition
he replied with a straight NO my turbo is cooling down
thats how strongly he feels about it
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Lisa
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Registered: 6th Apr 00
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've never turned mine off for mot's and its been fine
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Rob R
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Registered: 31st May 03
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quote:
Originally posted by nik
Turbo timers are pointless. Just drive the last few miles off boost or let it cool down when you stop!
I live a mile off of a dual carriageway! The timers also got a digital boost gauge built in, one of the main reasons i bought it as i dont have to start molesting my interior to fit a gauge
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