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Dodgey Install Of Turbo Oil Lines Need Advice!

DREW32

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hi everyone ,attached is a picture of the dodgey oil feed line and adaptor ,the oil line is fine the adaptor is a made up one and i cannot seem to stop the oil leak from the top or the bottom return line (not pictured) its not a major oil leak but it drips onto the ss exhaust and puffs of smoke come out from under the bonnet after you turn the car off tried new gaskets heaps of times now im getting pissed off is there any other aftermarket fittings(adaptors)that i can buy to fix this problem, take into account that this picture was taken after i fixed it up so you can imagine how bad it was before i started please help worried about a fire so bought a fire ext. just in case

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satanic Grand Master

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LOL I found that one out with the hoses to my oil catch can... one of them dangled too close to the turbo (still about 10cm away) and it started to melt!!! Lucky the hose had metal reinforcment in it so it didn't all perish away :)

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LOL I found that one out with the hoses to my oil catch can... one of them dangled too close to the turbo (still about 10cm away) and it started to melt!!! Lucky the hose had metal reinforcment in it so it didn't all perish away :)

You are lucky, same thing happened to my turbo oil feed/return line but the hose metal reinforcement didnt hold, oil leaked out caught fire on the exhaust and the turbo starved of oil. eventually the bearings collapsed and cost me a HKS2535. So yea, be carefull with oil supply to turbo!!!

r33_racer Grand Master

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by the sounds and looks of it...the oil in and out is a pad type flange with the plain hole in the guts. Hence why you prob have adapter plates made up with like a hose tail on the end. braided lines and fittings wont do you any good unless you can then adapt them to the flanges or you find some a/m adapters ready to take fittings and braided lines. If im right, the only way i can see you getting away from the pad type setup is to tap out the two holes and put fitting directly into the turbo top and bottom and then get ya braided lines to suit....s/s teflon lined is the go:)

My old turbo was pad type oil in and out, had alot of those problems with it also. I reckon every turbo should be tapped for fittings straight out of the factory, even oil return.

discopotato03 Grand Master

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Yep that is dangerous and dumb . I'd say the plate bolted to the top of the bearing housing is warped so not flat and won't seal oil in . That aside the use of rubber hose and wormald clamps is ridiculous given the heat in that area .

I would be removing that "adapter gadget" and flattening it with a big hammer .

Then I would be looking at the oil feed hole in the top of the turbos bearing housing to see if it has a thread in it . If it has your in luck and can screw an adapter fitting into it and then plumb a propper braided line or even steel pipe if you like . If its not threaded buy the two bolt plate adapter from Garrett or which ever turbo parts supplier you use . Then screw the threaded adapter or banjo and banjo bolt into the bolt on plate . Corky Bell has a chapter in his book Maximum Boost devoted to turbos and oil inc supply and drains . I suggest you read it .

Cheers .

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thanks for all of your replies ,have a much clearer idea of how it should be done ,this wasnt my work just pached up to stop oil leaking ,will be concentrating on braided lines and remove the dodgey instal lines thanks again :happy:

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