Any progress today rab.
Smoking issue when using oil pan as return location for turbo oil drain.
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well actually yes. I said I was going to order the parts and not make them. But i asked my friend if he would mind making these fittings for other people if this works for me and he said he would. So I just got back from his place and have the main fitting made. The weld on mine looks pretty rough but its solid. He was saying that if it worked that he would get the pieces in raw aluminum and it would weld much cleaner. So dont hold the ugly welds against him. I should finish the job tomorrow.
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Good luck bro. Thx for taking the lead on this for us. I hope it works out for all of us! Thanks for doing what you do for the community!
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Great thread! So I'm going to be installing my Alpha Turbo very soon, should I be worried about this or bring it up to Alpha?
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Great thread! So I'm going to be installing my Alpha Turbo very soon, should I be worried about this or bring it up to Alpha?
If you want although it's my understanding not everyone of them does this. This is what puzzles me
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I'm wondering if there's any way to place a large enough container below the turbo with enough capacity to hold any oil that temporarily backs up and allow it to drain into the pan later. It seems like this might alleviate the problem since the backup appears to be intermittent, so evidently the oil is not always backed up trying to get back into the pan.
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Here is one way to look at it. You should never drain a turbo into a line that is below the oil level.. Espically 2 quarts below. The turbos that dont smoke yet are probably just holding back the oil better.
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Just my 2 cents... I've used turbo scavenge pumps and they work awesome. No chance of any oil drain backups, even with foamy-oil from heavy exhaust-side turbo pressures...
Electric Oil Feed and Scavenge Pumps
I used the above rbracing scavenge pump for 6 years, never an issue. It de-foamed the oil and I "drained" it back with a snap-on fitting on the oil fill cap.
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I am headed out to the garage now to finish my oil line fix. It will mean the difference in staying home and going to Arkansas. So wish me luck
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Just my 2 cents... I've used turbo scavenge pumps and they work awesome. No chance of any oil drain backups, even with foamy-oil from heavy exhaust-side turbo pressures...
Electric Oil Feed and Scavenge Pumps
I used the above rbracing scavenge pump for 6 years, never an issue. It de-foamed the oil and I "drained" it back with a snap-on fitting on the oil fill cap.
I do like the idea of a scavenge pump . I have found a couple of solutions. If my line doesn't work then that is my next idea.
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Just my 2 cents... I've used turbo scavenge pumps and they work awesome. No chance of any oil drain backups, even with foamy-oil from heavy exhaust-side turbo pressures...
Electric Oil Feed and Scavenge Pumps
I used the above rbracing scavenge pump for 6 years, never an issue. It de-foamed the oil and I "drained" it back with a snap-on fitting on the oil fill cap.
That's a pretty interesting link. I guess I'll need to read thru it a couple times to get a better idea of what they're saying.
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i believe that my fitting is going to work well. I honed the hole out even bigger on the fitting. It will have a very open passageway to the block.
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Where there is a will there is a way.....
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i believe that my fitting is going to work well. I honed the hole out even bigger on the fitting. It will have a very open passageway to the block.
your dog doesn't seem as impressed as we are
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What you will end up with is a rubber hose and 2 connectors that will have clamps on them. The distance is so short that you will have to grind the connectors down a little.
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And no.... Lewis is not impressed.
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Almost done. Here it is in all its glory... it should drain absolutly flawlessly...heck its only 5 inchs total so it would have to find its way to the end pretty quick.
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Looks good rab. Too bad I don't have that hole drilled and tapped