# Turbo build people, do you run water cooling? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-build-people-do-you-run-water-cooling/220911 "2012-03-02T13:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-build-people-do-you-run-water-cooling/220911/21 "2012-03-05T19:43:07Z")
> [@Final GTS](#): > > Yes, Oil-Less. They have a special cartridge assembly that uses a high-temp grease, and does not require servicing… or a feed or drain for that matter. These are water-cooled and can be mounted in any orientation. Who makes them. I have yet to see a turbo like this. You would think that STS would go with something like this, so they wouldn’t need an external oil pump. ---------- Post added at 10:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 PM ---------- > [@HotRodKid](#): > > If it has provisions for it, run it. Its really a simple job to stick some banjo fittings on the turbo and run hoses to the throttle body heater ports. > > I’ve never heard anyone ever claim that there’s a benefit to NOT watercooling a turbo that has provisions for it… and theres some really stupid people out there who will try to claim anything if it makes them sound smart. Not really asking if I should or not, I am just wondering how many people do. It seems like a pretty large majority do not run water. ---
**Author:** ![Final\_GTS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/final_gts/32/7359_2.png) [@Final\_GTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Final_GTS)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-build-people-do-you-run-water-cooling/220911/22 "2012-03-05T20:27:09Z")
Comp Turbo makes them. Despite the backlash, resistance and bullshit stories from the market with “he said she knows this guy whos girlfriends cousins brothers uncle had a failure” nonsense, they are solid from what I have seen and heard first hand. I will be running them on our new packages and on my own car. ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-build-people-do-you-run-water-cooling/220911/23 "2012-03-07T13:54:01Z")
ive never ran any coolant lines to the turbos on any of the setups ive had. I did it purely for simplicity/reliability reasons. My new turbo (Precision Turbo) doesnt even have a provision in the centersection to run coolant lines to it anyway. The only thing that ive seen and heard about not using them the turbo might run hotter, so if you were out running around on the highway and then just shut the engine down, the residual heat in the turbo can burn oil in the centersection (coking). One of my old T3 60/63’s actually did have one of the oil ports clogged with carbon and junk around the exhaust side and made it smoke like cheech and chong but it wasnt from my car. ---
**Author:** ![BDR5oh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bdr5oh/32/7315_2.png) [@BDR5oh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDR5oh)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-build-people-do-you-run-water-cooling/220911/24 "2012-03-07T17:46:57Z")
i say just oil feed … from what i see day in and day out of the MOST ABUSED turbos ever … we dont have failures … thats running them 20 hours a day with nothing but stop and go traffic … the last time i seen a failure was 3 years ago on a 80mm t-6 flange garrett that broke the turbine wheel clean off … and that turbo had 400k + on it ---
**Author:** ![Final\_GTS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/final_gts/32/7359_2.png) [@Final\_GTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Final_GTS)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-build-people-do-you-run-water-cooling/220911/25 "2012-03-08T11:39:03Z")
> [@BDR5oh](#): > > i say just oil feed … from what i see day in and day out of the MOST ABUSED turbos ever … we dont have failures … thats running them 20 hours a day with nothing but stop and go traffic … the last time i seen a failure was 3 years ago on a 80mm t-6 flange garrett that broke the turbine wheel clean off … and that turbo had 400k + on it Turbos that run long hours last MUCH longer than turbos that are heat cycled and stop on a regular basis, much like “Taxi” or “Rig” miles vs. daily drivers that move 10 miles a day. This is the advantage of oil-less. They are watercooled and don’t heat soak, they don’t have lubrication lag on start-up, and they don’t coke from heat or draining issues to name a few. ---
**Author:** ![Muckman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@Muckman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Muckman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-build-people-do-you-run-water-cooling/220911/26 "2012-03-09T05:40:46Z")
> [@neonglh](#): > > It seems like a pretty large majority do not run water. Thats because the majority of turbo uses have oil cooled, cheaper journal bearing turbos. You asked the wrong question. I think you want to know how many people who run water cooled turbos dont run water lines. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-build-people-do-you-run-water-cooling/220911.md?page=1)