just wanted to know if the experts thought this was ok. i've had two turbos smoke. one i believe was in need of a rebuild and the other was just of poor quality. i'm upgrading to either a precision or a t3to4e off of cheapturbo.com in a week or so. anyways is this the cause of the smoke or should i be fine once a put a quality turbo on.
update got the right pics up.





Modified by arjusmc at 4:27 PM 11/11/2003


Modified by arjusmc at 5:39 PM 11/11/2003

 

Would be nice to see a pic of it going into the oil pan.

 

I'm having a hard time figuring out what's going on in those pictures

 

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sorry posted wrong pics, let me fix it

 

get a ss line.

 

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how does that have anything to do with the oil return line dipping to low?

 

edit: take the orig.jpg out of your pics when you post em

 

yes. Your setup could cause oil to build up and make your car smoke. Your line levels out and needs to be a angled down from the turbo to the pan. Don't let it level out.

 

can it cause smoke without damaging the turbo? or is the turbo gone for sure.

 

sometimes it just "seeps" past the seals without damaging them. BUt if you were getting BILLOWING smoke, than its probably gone.
&lt;----who has gone through 4 turbos this summer. I think they were all bad, because Ive had 1.25" ID return lines all summer, ALL downhill. One of the turbos developed a 1/4" lateral shaft play within 100 miles

 

Yea, you will want to fix this. Upward sloping to the pan = Bad.
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Modified by arjusmc at 4:27 PM 11/11/2003


Modified by arjusmc at 5:39 PM 11/11/2003</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

what do you guys mean by the angle of the oil line? good vs bad? i dont want it straight and i dont want it angled? could some one clear the confusion on a good routed oil line?

 

you want it to be as straight down as possible. ie: no kinks, or dips. Just down. The oil has to run down hill, not up hill.

Oil line should look like \

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SuperTeg95 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you want it to be as straight down as possible. ie: no kinks, or dips. Just down. The oil has to run down hill, not up hill.

Oil line should look like \</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah....

not like this: \_ and especially not like this:
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thank ya.

 

so adding a 45* bend at the turbo should help out??

 

replace that hose when u do it too, use stainless. that rubber or wahtever is askn for trouble