Turning off the Z

Originally Posted by venus

With turbos 10+ years ago there was shut down protocol. Can’t remember the specifics tho as I never had one.

Originally Posted by PapoZalsa

1- Idled down to allow the turbo to spool down and even out the temperature in the turbo. The engine needs to be running to circulate the oil and coolant if you shut the engine down without idling the engine down it can burn the oil or coolant and in many cases both which will cause carbon blockages in the oil feed and coolant feed and hamper lubrication leading to catastrophic turbo failure.

2- Get a Turbo Timer, so the bearings in the Turbo don't seize (Refer to #1).

Originally Posted by ParkStr8

I had an RX8 for 3 months as a second "for fun" car. Nothing fun about it. On earlier - pre-2009 models it was not recommended that you start the car and then immediately shut it down as it would flood the rotary engine. Example - if you needed to move my car in the drive way or some other quick thing...you had to start it, move it...let it run for a minute or two - and then shut it down. And even then sometimes it would be difficult to start.

Pain in the ***, oil burning, gas guzzling and no power. While I liked the exterior design and 4 doors alot - well, that's all I liked. Oh - it did handle well on the CA mountain roads once you got it going.

Our cars are FI V6 - bullet proof ancient engine design. Our engine is in many nissan/infintiti cars in many forms. Start it, turn it off, start it, turn it off. Never an issue.

Originally Posted by Cdb370z

I was just curious if there was a specific way that I am supposed to turn off my 13 370z nismo? My friend has an rx8, I know there two totally different cars but before he shuts his off he has to make sure the motor is warm. Has anyone heard of anything like this with the 370's?