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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: pariah on August 16, 2008, 11:58:02 am

Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: pariah on August 16, 2008, 11:58:02 am: hey its been a while life has been good minus an unexpected clutch job (chance to clean) anyway i flipped the intake flange around to accommodate my intercooler and thought the hard oil line was clear but apparently it wasnt and slowly i wore a small hole in the bugger anyway i solved it by cutting it completely and using some fuel line to make due ... it did a good job and everything even heat shielded it ... am i good to go? or was this a temporary fix ... it did not seem like too much pressure is running through it my Bentley did not say to much on the guy
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: arb on August 16, 2008, 01:28:53 pm: Where does your feed line get its supply from ? I'm turbo-ing an NA motor...
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: jtanguay on August 16, 2008, 02:09:31 pm: on top of the oil filter flange. there should be a port or two that you can unscrew with an allen wrench i believe, and then hook your line up to that. else you could tee into the oil pressure sensor :wink:
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: gigaz2 on August 16, 2008, 06:19:19 pm: I guess that line sees the full oil pressure, around 8 Bars max (top of my head values)
so, that would be a very temporary fix.

get a new one, or at least use something that endures that kind of pressure/temperatures (hydraulic machinery shops may help you)
Title: line
Post by: pariah on August 17, 2008, 07:50:51 am: arb the supply line runs from the oil cooler to the turbo then from the turbo back to the pan.... ..... can i use a braided stainless line or does it need to be a hard line?
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: gigaz2 on August 17, 2008, 11:43:43 am: I guess you can use anything that withstands those conditions.

the pipe ref is: 068145771A and costs around 45€ in Europe
Title: oil
Post by: pariah on August 17, 2008, 01:55:39 pm: sweet thanks for the feedback 8 bar is like 1200 psi thats alot more pressure than i thought ill get it done right ...thanks
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: DieselKraut on August 17, 2008, 04:16:32 pm: 8 Bar = 116 Psi
Title: 00ps
Post by: pariah on August 17, 2008, 05:40:13 pm: oops extra zero
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: tylernt on August 17, 2008, 07:51:16 pm: Quote from: "jtanguay"
on top of the oil filter flange. there should be a port or two that you can unscrew with an allen wrench i believe, and then hook your line up to that. else you could tee into the oil pressure sensor :wink:
Some oil filter flanges have a convenient bolt. Some only have a boss that would need to be drilled and tapped.
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: arb on August 17, 2008, 09:13:31 pm: Yeah, for my turbo block - NA engine, I figured where the O.P. sensor was was a greaat place for an oil finter presure / feed line fitting. :-)

For today's welding in S.S. I figure the job I did converting a NA eninge would pending my full description.....

I do have a turbo oil filter / cooler assembly.

:-)
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: monomer on August 26, 2008, 02:15:56 pm: anyone have the stock size of the fitting?

what dia. are the lines?

(turboing an N/A here)
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: jtanguay on August 26, 2008, 03:32:00 pm: braided steel lines will work just fine.
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: tylernt on August 26, 2008, 04:23:38 pm: Stock tubing size is 8mm OD.
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: dillenger1 on August 27, 2008, 06:36:20 pm: does anyone have the id?I have a bunch of stainless tubing i wanna use to fabricate a pipe.I have some 3/8 odwith a 1/4 id and some 1/4 od with and unknown id,but it seems smaller then3/16.
Title: turbo oil feed line
Post by: turbosuzi on August 27, 2008, 08:00:16 pm: I installed a transmission oil cooler as the oil cooler for the turbo and used the rubber transmission lines that came with the cooler and they work fine. I had to cut the hard lines out and fitted the rubber lines on the stubs of the turbo. The rubber transmission lines are rated at 350 psi and are heat tollerant.