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turbo oil feed line
by
pariah
on 16 Aug, 2008 11:58
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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
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#1
by
arb
on 16 Aug, 2008 13:28
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Where does your feed line get its supply from ? I'm turbo-ing an NA motor...
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#2
by
jtanguay
on 16 Aug, 2008 14:09
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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:
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#3
by
gigaz2
on 16 Aug, 2008 18:19
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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)
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#4
by
pariah
on 17 Aug, 2008 07:50
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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?
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#5
by
gigaz2
on 17 Aug, 2008 11:43
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I guess you can use anything that withstands those conditions.
the pipe ref is: 068145771A and costs around 45€ in Europe
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#6
by
pariah
on 17 Aug, 2008 13:55
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sweet thanks for the feedback 8 bar is like 1200 psi thats alot more pressure than i thought ill get it done right ...thanks
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#7
by
DieselKraut
on 17 Aug, 2008 16:16
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8 Bar = 116 Psi
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#8
by
pariah
on 17 Aug, 2008 17:40
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oops extra zero
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#9
by
tylernt
on 17 Aug, 2008 19:51
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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.
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#10
by
arb
on 17 Aug, 2008 21:13
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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.
:-)
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#11
by
monomer
on 26 Aug, 2008 14:15
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anyone have the stock size of the fitting?
what dia. are the lines?
(turboing an N/A here)
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#12
by
jtanguay
on 26 Aug, 2008 15:32
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braided steel lines will work just fine.
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#13
by
tylernt
on 26 Aug, 2008 16:23
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Stock tubing size is 8mm OD.
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#14
by
dillenger1
on 27 Aug, 2008 18:36
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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.