Does the oil return line HAVE TO point straight down?
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Does the oil return line HAVE TO point straight down?
Does the oil return line point straight down?
I'm in the process of getting everything ready to do a 'not quite but almost' GReddy kit on the car.....Does the oil return line have to point straight down, or will oil pressure in and the height of the turbo above the sump still ensure that the oil drains back ok?????
I'm in the process of getting everything ready to do a 'not quite but almost' GReddy kit on the car.....Does the oil return line have to point straight down, or will oil pressure in and the height of the turbo above the sump still ensure that the oil drains back ok?????
#4
Downhill. The original FM turbo kit drained down and around to the oil filter side of the block. If the return ever straightened out any the oil didn't drain properly and caused some smoking turbos from the oil foaming from not draining. That's why FM went to the straight down, drilled oil pan method.
Frank
Frank
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Thanks all - looks like my TDO4 needs to be clocked by 180 degrees prior to fitment (I think it came off a bottom mount fitment, and the previous owner had bought it to be an over the top fitment, but hadn't noticed that it was out due to having sourced parts but not mock fitted them).
I found a website yesterday which basically backs up what's been said here.
Anyone here clocked a TDO4? It looks to be a relatively easy job - remove locking ring, pull apart, realign and reassemble.....
Any tricks or tips for young players?
I found a website yesterday which basically backs up what's been said here.
Anyone here clocked a TDO4? It looks to be a relatively easy job - remove locking ring, pull apart, realign and reassemble.....
Any tricks or tips for young players?
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That's if the turbo isn't seized beyond belief and refuses to even acknowledge the fact you're trying to do something here, leading you to spray an entire can of PB blaster on it to no avail, so you bolt the turbo down, buy a cheap torch that's too small, use it anyway to heat the hotside while beating the hell out of the leverage bolt in the other side with a rubber mallet which of course does nothing, leading you to use a different turbo on your setup because how much you hate this one now ..DIE TURBO DIE!!!!
Yeah, you should be fine.
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Exactly. Good. Simple and easy really.
That's if the turbo isn't seized beyond belief and refuses to even acknowledge the fact you're trying to do something here, leading you to spray an entire can of PB blaster on it to no avail, so you bolt the turbo down, buy a cheap torch that's too small, use it anyway to heat the hotside while beating the hell out of the leverage bolt in the other side with a rubber mallet which of course does nothing, leading you to use a different turbo on your setup because how much you hate this one now ..DIE TURBO DIE!!!!
Yeah, you should be fine.
That's if the turbo isn't seized beyond belief and refuses to even acknowledge the fact you're trying to do something here, leading you to spray an entire can of PB blaster on it to no avail, so you bolt the turbo down, buy a cheap torch that's too small, use it anyway to heat the hotside while beating the hell out of the leverage bolt in the other side with a rubber mallet which of course does nothing, leading you to use a different turbo on your setup because how much you hate this one now ..DIE TURBO DIE!!!!
Yeah, you should be fine.
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