Tapping Oil/Water Ports on VVT Block
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So chill.
Water is easy- you're just going through a few mm of metal into an open jacket.
Oil would be next to impossible to do correctly. The casting is still there, but they passage to feed it is missing in the later blocks. You'd have to drill a very narrow passage several inches through solid iron to hit the passage which feeds the rear main bearing all the way on the other side of the block. Deviate by just a degree or two and the block is trash. I'd attempt it only if I had a CNC milling machine to make the cut with.
As I said, the original image is long gone, but I managed to find a very low-quality preview cached in Google Images. Here's the problem:
While searching for that, I also came across am image of my dog taken while she was in the process of dying:
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Thanks Joe.
I did some searching on the topic, but due to the unusual nature of the question I didn't come up with anything. I'm sad to hear that only the water port would be available to be tapped, but I genuinely appreciate sharing the knowledge. I'll update the thread as it moves along especially if I do move forward tapping the water port. My '95 block has me spoiled.
**Sorry to have made you relive the passing of the pup. I often find that I like mine more than most humans these days.
BTW, it looks like I joined a few years before Mr. 18psi, so by that correlation I should have know about it. In the same respect, its not a common topic and we are all trying to better the cause.
I did some searching on the topic, but due to the unusual nature of the question I didn't come up with anything. I'm sad to hear that only the water port would be available to be tapped, but I genuinely appreciate sharing the knowledge. I'll update the thread as it moves along especially if I do move forward tapping the water port. My '95 block has me spoiled.
**Sorry to have made you relive the passing of the pup. I often find that I like mine more than most humans these days.
BTW, it looks like I joined a few years before Mr. 18psi, so by that correlation I should have know about it. In the same respect, its not a common topic and we are all trying to better the cause.
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Also, another option instead of tapping for coolant is just using the port on the back of the head that's normally capped of with a crush washer and bolt to the right of the outlet housing.
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Ironically, it's been more than a year and my sister still has the damn thing in the freezer at home. Every time they try to get around to burying it on the backyard, there's some excuse about why it's to rainy or too cold or whatever... I have a weird family.
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I was looking for an alternative to the tiny 1/8" bspt for a feed. I was using a -6AN per efr technical document. But also this was my discrete way of asking for the thread pitch so I could drill the side of my 94 block for the vvt hardline.
Also, another option instead of tapping for coolant is just using the port on the back of the head that's normally capped of with a crush washer and bolt to the right of the outlet housing.
Also, another option instead of tapping for coolant is just using the port on the back of the head that's normally capped of with a crush washer and bolt to the right of the outlet housing.
I sort of laughed at keeping a dead dog in your freezer, then I realized my uncle keeps a dead alligator head frozen in his freezer. He has had it for several years and he uses it as a gag for when new people come over to the house. He will be out grilling and tell them to go into the freezer and grab the tin foil wrapped head and open it up and bring it to him. Many many people have screamed upon opening it.
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I was going to use this for the turbo lol. I want to make this motor nice and clean. I also have a bit more faith in the hard lines unless it's not drilled/tapped perfectly perpendicular.
Know the thread pitch of the banjo on the vvt oil port? The bolt itself is still in transit but I'll be dropping by the machine shop today for final parts dropoff otherwise I'd measure it myself
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Originally Posted by psyber_0ptix
Know the thread pitch of the banjo on the vvt oil port? The bolt itself is still in transit but I'll be dropping by the machine shop today for final parts dropoff otherwise I'd measure it myself
Last edited by EO2K; 10-20-2014 at 03:34 PM. Reason: I'm a moran
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Where the oil pressure "sender" screws in to the VVT motor is 1/8" BSPT. I can't confirm the threads in the block. 18psi may very well be correct.
Agreed. I believe he had it custom machined. I would pay 20 internet monies for one of these if someone had a run of these manufactured. For serious.
Edit: ****, I'm sorry. That's JKavs BLOCK bolt. It may in fact be 1/8"BSPT. My apologies for spewing misinformation.
Agreed. I believe he had it custom machined. I would pay 20 internet monies for one of these if someone had a run of these manufactured. For serious.
Edit: ****, I'm sorry. That's JKavs BLOCK bolt. It may in fact be 1/8"BSPT. My apologies for spewing misinformation.
Last edited by EO2K; 10-20-2014 at 03:36 PM.