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Old 03-28-2012, 02:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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What do you drive? I've read that it's good to let the engine run while the turbo cools before shutting down, so I would leave it running. I would imagine it's harder on turbos, fuel pumps, and starter motors to have excessive starting and stopping, so I would avoid it. Maybe I would consider killing the motor if I knew there would be more than 3min of idling.
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