Timeline for Can a crimped or improperly-routed turbo oil return line cause smoke?
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| Aug 29, 2018 at 6:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMechanics/status/1034682391493783552 | ||
| Oct 9, 2015 at 20:37 | vote | accept | 3Dave | ||
| Oct 9, 2015 at 15:34 | answer | added | 3Dave | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 4, 2015 at 5:01 | comment | added | 3Dave | @Paulster2 yeah. so I thought draining into the pan would be fine. However, the drain plug is on the bottom of the side of the pan. Oil foam coming down the line into the pan would be fighting liquid oil to get into the pan, which (it seems to me) would cause backup in the return line. I'd rather not have to drop the pan to weld in a bung at a higher point. That may be why the kit has two output paths. | |
| Oct 4, 2015 at 2:53 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | Haha - I wish I could! Sounds like an interesting car to work on, lol. I also thought the drain was supposed to be lower than the turbo outlet for the same reason. | |
| Oct 4, 2015 at 1:56 | comment | added | 3Dave | @Paulster2 you clearly know more about this car at this point than I do. How about I send it to you to fix? 😃 | |
| Oct 4, 2015 at 1:54 | comment | added | 3Dave | @Paulster2 the turbo kit came with the tee, I was just following instructions. :) my understand was that since the oil coming out of the turbo can me foamy (??) having an additional line effectively increases bandwidth to compensate for lower density. I'm just guessing. | |
| Oct 4, 2015 at 1:11 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | I'm just wondering why you have it tee'd in the first place. You should only require a single return as long as it's big enough. I believe you want the return line to be bigger than the pressure side so it will drain cleanly. If there is back pressure, I would think it could be forced out by the bearing and cause exhaust smoke. Considering you just had the turbo rebuilt, I'm doubting this could happen, though. I'd think the seals should be keeping it in. Keeping this as a comment because I'm unsure of all this. | |
| Oct 4, 2015 at 0:31 | history | edited | 3Dave | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 4, 2015 at 0:24 | history | asked | 3Dave | CC BY-SA 3.0 |