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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: stewardc on May 31, 2008, 10:14:23 am

Title: T3 oil inlet fitting
Post by: stewardc on May 31, 2008, 10:14:23 am

I'm going to get rid of the problemous steel oil feed line to my turbo...but...Almost every website shows the oil inlet fitting for a Garrett T3 turbo as being 1/8 NPT. Mine is a straight thread with a sealing washer. What size is the thread?

Title: T3 oil inlet fitting
Post by: dillenger1 on May 31, 2008, 04:24:15 pm

12mmx1.5(for the stock fitting) the turbo itself is something else.

Title: T3 oil inlet fitting
Post by: stewardc on May 31, 2008, 04:30:50 pm

Quote from: "dillenger1"

the turbo itself is something else.

Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean here.

Title: T3 oil inlet fitting
Post by: stewardc on June 16, 2008, 03:47:35 pm

I went to a local shop and found the fitting. This is it. The left side is sealed by a copper washer.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/stewardc/Truck/100_6693.jpg)

Title: T3 oil inlet fitting
Post by: Darth Garry on June 16, 2008, 04:10:48 pm

I did the same and had an AN (is that what they're called?) line made.  Way nicer and gives some options for routing.

Garry

Title: T3 oil inlet fitting
Post by: foxracer1 on June 16, 2008, 07:46:18 pm

So what is the official size?

Title: T3 oil inlet fitting
Post by: stewardc on June 17, 2008, 04:04:36 am

You know, I never asked. He said it was a special metric fitting. The PN includes "L06-12M.JICxM.Metric, so I guess that's the size.
Now to get my braided line shortened and installed so I can get rid of that hideous hard line that blocks my gauge sender port.