Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 10:27:20 +1200 From: Richard Sutherland-Smith <richard.ssnospamr.net.nz> Subject: Re: 9000 turbo - strange coolant leak
In message <2g7k8dF5gtvbU1nospamberlin.de> Grunff <grunffnospam.com> wrote: > Alan Cole wrote: > > > P.S. a similar thin metal pipe goes into the turbo and out the other > > side - are they water cooled? I thought they were oil cooled? > > The turbo is oil luvricated - the brearing is an oil-film bearing. The > oil also carries some heat away from the turbo, so you could say it's > oil cooled. But in addition, it has a coolant sleeve surrounding the > bearing housing. So it's water cooled. > > Turbos on most C900s do not have the water cooling (the later ones do). > But all 9000Ts are water cooled. > > -- > Grunff Oh no no no........... The 9000 gained water cooling in 1987 and the 900 a year later!!! -- Richard & Mary Sutherland-Smith 19 Webb Road, Wanganui New Zealand
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