As you can see in these pics the bulkhead fitting comes out of the pan at a very slight downward angle. Do you guys foresee any problems with gravity draining the oil? To me it seems as if the oil would fill up the line until it was level with the top of the pan. The turbo placement with this manifold is not the easiest to work with as this was the best I could do.

 

I would redo it. That does look a little to angled. Also put your downpipe on to make sure it clears the line.

 

looks

 

its better than my rubber hose

 

whaqt size turbo is that and what manifold is it on?

 

T3/T04E .63 exh. .60 compressor 57 trim stage 3 wheel. The manifold was made by MP performance. Anyone else got an idea of whether this thing will flow ok?

 

it is not gonna work.it cannot go uphill whatsoever.

 

Do you guys have any better ideas?

 

thats what mine looked like so i made it shorter..havent tested it out yet

 

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seriously. Fix it! Just have it rewelded.

You will be sorry in the future when the oil seals on your turbo blow just because you didnt spend another 15 bucks to have it rewelded. These is no way the oil will flow freely uphill

 

You might want to look into a different angle fitting for the oilpan, something like a 30 degree or 45 degree swivel end...kinda like this:
http://store.summitracing.com/...=ecat
might work better to keep it more downhill. Then if you re-clock the oildrain and change the hose length you should be able to get it to work out.

Hope you're able to get it goin okay,

Ryan P.

 

just shorten the line by an inch. this will get rid of any downhill slant.

**edit** UPHILL SLANT...hehe

 

I think it will be fine. It doesnt matter even if it is uphill because it will level out with the pan height/turbo height. Its true, it is only feed by gravity, but since where the oil comes out the turbo is higher then the connector all together, I think you will be fine. Plus, when you might see a lot of pressure on the line is at speed during a race and the front end will raise and lean back...then the connector will probably be level anyways. Maybe if you get a super thick oil residue build up within 2 days of running the turbo, chage it. But id try it.

 

what fitting is that top blue fitting?
looks wierd..like it has a clamp on it or something

 

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it is...its just a hose clamp that has a pretty blue thing around it to make it look like a -an fitting. He just has the regular bard comming off the turbo as if you were gonna run ruber hose. I think it looks pretty good though.

 

It'll work fine. What's important is the vertical hose level at each end, not what it does in the middle. The outlet of the turbo is above the exit end of the hose, it does *not* flow "uphill."

 

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yup, as long as the return coming off the turbo is above the oil inlet in the oil pan, gravity will send the oil in the pan. even if the fitting was lower, it would still have oil in the line up to the oil level in the pan. the slight bend down won't have any negative effects


and be sure to test with the downpipe on! I had a setup going, but didn't check with the downpipe. I had to drain teh oil after several attempts to get the line running in diff. directions with no luck. There's another pointer for you, don't put oil in the pan til you've got everything fitted on there

 

I think having anything rewelded is the least of my problems. Besides its just JB weld. I put it there to have it be above any oil in the pan. Believe me if you could see how cramped this is in person you'd understand why it is the way it is. I guess the only thing to do now is leave it on and find out.

 

I posted the same question a few days ago but it didn't get any real response's...So basically as long as the oil return outlet on the turbo is higher than the fitting on the pan i should be fine??? Here is a pic of my setup and my return line is almost horizontal and the fitting on the pan slants downwards too, my return off the turbo is 2-3 inches higher than the fitting on the pan though...

 

as soon as he moves forward, the oil will flow into the pan.

I dont think you will have problems with the oil backing up.

But if you do, you can always re-do it, but i would say test it out and see what you get. but i don't think you should have any problems.

 

daaamn thats a krunk *** turbo mani

 

get a 45 coming from pan and turbo so its more gravity friendly and less straight, it probably wont be detrimental, but if you think about it 45 out from t and 45 into pan would creat minimal problem

 

I tried a 45. I just returned it. You physically cannot get it to work without seriously kinking the line because the barb fitting coming from the turbo just sits alot lower than most with this manifold. I think I might actually cut the top slightly and put it back on.

 

Yeah...You dont wont that line to go up the slightest bit...

 

Try Clocking the Turbo center section a little more towards the oil pan and shorten the hose a little. I don't think it will be a big problem though.
I have seen much worse that still work.