Thread: Oil cooled Vs Oil/Water cooled turbos
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Old 11-12-2020, 09:21 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by CSG Mike View Post
They use water cooling because ball bearings only have a tiny oil flow, not because water cools better.




See above. Modern journal bearing turbos are still oil cooled.
Journal can be water cooled as well
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