i recently bought a used garrett turbo. theres the oil feed line and then theres the oil return line. but i'm trying to figure out what the other two holes are i know one is a vaccum but i'm not sure what the other one is for. the oil lines and these two holes are between the compressor and the exhaust housing. i dont know if i made any sense but can someone please help me figure out my problem. thanx in advance

 

coolant lines.. You dont have to use em if you dont want to.

 

are u sure, i just dont want to crack or break anything if i dont use them? also thanx for replying

 

yea they are for coolant, oil and coolant are the only holes that *should* be in the cartrage of the turbo. good luck

 

so what should i do plug them up or use them? i have no idea where to hook up the coolent line to. i myself really dont want to use them. what should i do? thanks

 

you dont have to plug them up, the coolant and oil passages in the turbo are seperated.

 

so if i dont use the coolent line my turbo will be safe right? sorry for asking so many question i just want to make sure it will be ok

 

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can someone please help me out. this is all i have left to do on my turbo setup

 

yes it will be safe. coolant is just to cool the turbo, let the car idle for about 2 minutes after you drive it and it will be fine without coolant

 

thanks

 

np

 

Why would you not want to use the coolent lines??? If you have them use them its not hard to setup. A cooler turbo is always better, but then again its up to you, it wont hurt your turbo but the way i see it is it doesent hurt you using it either

 

I been running a eclipse T25 for ovrer 2 years with no coolant lines hooked up, Ill snap a photo right now and show you.. Nothing will be dammaged by not running the coolant lines..Its just a hallow cavity in there in/out

 

if i were you id go and run some lines to the cartridge
i spoke to garrett recently at springnationals at englishtown and asked if it was 100% neccesaryy to use the water cool fittings.
from what they told me, on smaller turbos...like straight t3s and down....the turbo is spinng so much that the standard oiling of the unit is no enough. basically he said it gets so freaking hot in there that you can damage the turbo. thats just what he said.
i would run em..it cant hurt

 

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i spoke to garrett recently at springnationals at englishtown and asked if it was 100% neccesaryy to use the water cool fittings.
from what they told me, on smaller turbos...like straight t3s and down....the turbo is spinng so much that the standard oiling of the unit is no enough. basically he said it gets so freaking hot in there that you can damage the turbo. thats just what he said.
i would run em..it cant hurt</TD></TR></TABLE>

i would def run them as well if this were me.

 

Just run your coolant lines through the turbo,
Use the line that comes from your rad to the motor, but go to the turbo, then to the motor on hold is in, the other is out, it is simple.. Better to have a COOL turbo then one that is too hot, U willl gain more out of it this way also. U could also get a intercooler and set up..