sup guys,
car is smoking some at idle and while warming up. someone told me to go with an oil restrictor,to a 3-ans fitting. so i went from a (i think its a 1/8" hole) to a 3-ans oil restrictor feed fitting. is this going to be big enough to cool the turbo,since its oil cooled? is 3-ans what most oil cooled turbo people run?

 

anyone?

 

-3 line is plenty big turbos do not use alot of oil

 

and make sure your oil drain is going as straight down as possible

 

but even for a oil cooled turbo? i mean its going to be enough oil to keep it cool?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SpoolnByYou &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but even for a oil cooled turbo? i mean its going to be enough oil to keep it cool?</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's not really "oil cooled", the oil just lubricates the bearings. The oil is pretty hot when it hits the turbo.

And yes, -3an will work fine. That's the size that pretty much everyone uses.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EJ1 wilcox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's not really "oil cooled", the oil just lubricates the bearings. The oil is pretty hot when it hits the turbo.

And yes, -3an will work fine. That's the size that pretty much everyone uses. </TD></TR></TABLE>

It is oil cooled. Thats why you have to leave you engine running after you drive your car. The oil carries the heat away from the turbo bearing so they dont "coke" up.

 

I'm using 3 an line on my oil cooled t3, you're fine

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cobra2326 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It is oil cooled. Thats why you have to leave you engine running after you drive your car. The oil carries the heat away from the turbo bearing so they dont "coke" up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ehh.... I guess in that respect you could say that it cools the turbo.

The oil cokes if it sits in the hot turbo for an extended period of time. But, I still don't think the oil really does any significant cooling at all. I'll have to read back through Maximum Boost I guess.

I never left my engine running after running my turbo hard. Of course, I had a water cooled turbo. When I rebuilt my turbo after a year of abuse and no cool down time, there were zero signs of coking. The bearings looked perfect.

Anyways, that doesn't really have to do with this thread I guess.

 

lubricates is more like it