The hose ovals out a little on the bend... any ideas on how I can smooth the bend out a little or does this look ok?

 

maybe 45 off the turbo and angle the pan up a bit more, and shorten the hose.

 

angle the fitting at the pan up more and get a 45 off of the turbo

 

so a 45 on both the pan and the turbo.. I will give it a try.... I will see if I can angle it up some more.

 

from the pic, theres a big kink, do what 93turbo said

 

ok... I followed the above advise... thanks.. it looks alot better now.

Should I shorten the hose more and angle the fitting at the pan up more or just leave it?

 

alot better you could use a 90 from the pan

 

It's fine man - you're set.

 

would'nt a 90 put another bend in the hose.... or bow it out?

 

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leave it like this. looks great.

 

looks good

 

thanks for all the help

 

All good now

 

You could get one of these to eliminate the NPT to AN fitting.

Ebay

 

Ya I saw that after I already bought my current fitting... oh well.

 

good ****

a good return line is always good to know in the back of your mind u wont have to worry about it.

mine was always sketchy and i always thought about it.

 

As long as the oil is always flowing down, and not pinched, your fine. In your first picture it looked like the return line dipped down and then back up, but it looks good now.

Better than my first attempt:

 

did you run it like that and if so did it flow oil?

 

whats wrong if its pinched just a little like that last picture???

 

it could potentially cause oil to backup into the turbo and out the seals causing your turbo to leak and smoke therefore needing a rebuild

 

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That one would benefit from a 90 on the pan.


And a good set of AN wrenches

 

thats what I hate about those fittings... if you dont tape them and use the right wrench they get scratched way to easy....

 

Never tape an AN fitting.

 

I think he means tape the outside so the finish doesn't get scratched...

 

Ah. That works too.

Teflon Tape+An Fittings=Bad

The vise jaws that have cut outs for fittings are really nice if you build alot of hoses.