TravisBiggie

If I used thread tape, and or locktite, should it be okay? I don't think I'd use locktite for the threads on the block, but for the oil pressure sensor and the oil feed line, I would. Could you use thread tape AND loctite or is that pointless?

What about oil filter sandwich plates? I see a bunch on ebay, but I don't want a pos, unless they actually work okay. Links to sandwich plates would be great if I'm wasting my time with this T fitting.


Thanks

92redhatch

Don't use a t for the oil feed. Use a sandwich plate.

Whiterice-gsr

i used a tee off the oil pressure sending unit and i use a dab of rtv on everything to seal it up.

siblues

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A ge sandwich adapter is under a hundred bucks a blown turbo is about five to ten times that.I think the adapter is worth it.I have used both but I never hear about sandwich adapters failing.

EsotericImage

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Sandwich plates can be good and bad.. some plates arent after filter so contaminated oil might reach the turbo..

The Xenocron remote line is what works for me.
http://www.xenocron.com/remote-oil-p...3645fa9e69849a

Turbo-LS

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Why would the oil feed for the pressure sensopr blow a turbo???? Ive been running there for a long time with a restrictor on my turbo and it works just fine. There is no reason to run a sandwhich plate for oil turbo feed. You can put a thin film of RTV on the threds and it will seal right up and be trouble free

Whiterice-gsr

^^^^ x2 brotha.

tron_

You'll be fine until a piece of RTV breaks up and gets stuck in your line starving your turbo

Putting the T fitting directly on the back of the block isn't such a good idea either. A lot of people will tell you that they have ran a T fitting handing off the back of the block, but a lot of people will tell you that they have had the T fitting break off due to the stress put on it. The stress comes from the sender hanging off the back of the T fitting.

Sandwich plates are a decent option, but make sure it's filtered. If not then you run into the risk of feeding the turbo unfiltered oil and greatly reducing its longevity.

The best way to do it is like this (taken off the Endyn site):
http://www.theoldone.com/articles/oilpressure/

Heres what mine ended up looking like. I made an oil distribution block where a line went from the back of the block to the oil distribution block. From there I installed the oil pressure sender, factory sender, oil temp sender, and inline oil filter. The feed line then connected the inline oil filter (FP) to the turbo. Please note that the blue aluminum fitting was replaced for a steel one and the fitler is braced to prevent failure.

h22apwrd95

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Permatex makes a great liquid teflon product. That is what I used on all my pipe thread fittings and not a drop from anywhere on the car. Far better than the tape because it is a lubricant (like the tape) and a sealant (which the tape is not).

Turbo-LS

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Until a piece of rtv breaks off and gets stuck in my line, dude how much RTV do you think im using half a tube? You clearly dont know how to use RTV sir

2'z kuztoms

From personal experience i had a brand new sc61 fail on me after 15-20 dyno pulls and less than 200 miles and i was using a blox sandwich plate. And no, my oil feed and return lines wasn't the cause because i'm still using the very same lines and turbo today. I had no idea what could've cause the turbo to fail and precsion couldn't give me a straight answer too except for maybe oil contamination. So anyway, turbo got rebuilt and before i threw it back on the car i decided to yank out the blox sandwich plate and just ghetto t off the back of the block for oil feed and surprisely haven't had a problem since.

I'm not saying the turbo failure was due to the blox sandwich plate, it could've, but then agian, it could've been anything, i have no physical proof. All i know is the motor and turbo has been running trouble free since the switch with the oil feed coming from the stock oil pressure sending unit instead of a sandwich plate

On a side note, my brother is using the GE sandwich plate on his gsr turbo for a while now without any issues

Whiterice-gsr

ive used the permatex on every single bolt on my car and nothing shakes loose or leaks ever. and ya just a dab does it, i use it all the time and have never run out, im still on my first tube. just a dab does it.

wmac

use a bsp fitting instead of npt.
and don't use brass fittings.
http://stealthmodeperformance.com/oil-blockfit.shtml

racebum

use the permatex liquid teflon. it's a must on all non flared oil fittings. if you do, you won't leak

Hidenplanvew

BSP (block thread) to NPT (pipe thread) adapter... only way to do it correctly Brass fittings are just fine never had an issue