Heres my setup.

d16z6/y7 mini me
garrett t3/t04e .50/.63ar turbo

I have a oil line kit, the oil in line screws up to the oil pressure fitting, the steel line is the same diameter as the oil fitting. Screws up to the restricter plate bolted on the turbo. The restricter plate oil out hole is pin sized. I don't see how that could properly lube the turbo. I have been researching this all last night and cant get a straight answer. The Shodon kinda broke it down for us on another thread but i am still lost. Anyone out there with a d16z6 and t3/t04e could tell me what kind of restricter they have if any???

Thanks much guys

 

I always used a 0.065 oil restricter from Go-Autoworks.com for journal bearing turbos. I just recently took it off of my PTE turbo because I was told it wasnt necessary for my setup.

 

You might try seeing if the manufacture of the turbo has a recommended restrictor size, your oil line should be a -3 or -4 an size. The hole in the restricter will only be about the size of a pin.

 

It goes by your oil pressure do you have a gauge? Need to see the maximum oil presssure number at wide open throttle and idle. Dont assume because every motor is different!!

 

Its probably more common to trash a turbo from too much oil vs too little.

 

Greg told me it wasnt necessary for a restrictor on this engine and same turbo size unless-- I dont think the d16z6 has this high base oil pressure?

"You shouldn't need it unless you have an unusually high base oil pressure."

 

Other way around. Starvation warps the turbine shaft to a point where it cannot be reused, even with a "rebuild" kit. If its a turbo with too much oil, if caught in time, a better restrictor could possibly save the cartridge

 

Poorly worded on my part. I was thinking more along the lines of how common an occurrence it is vs actual physical damage.

 

gotcha

 

Still lost. Use the pin size restrictor plate or not? Garrett doesn't give a oil pressure recommendation for their turbos.

 

Providing the information you have been asked is probably a good step in the direction of getting an answer.

 

Kind of hard to help the people who refuse to help themselves. To help you we need 3 pieces of information: type of CHRA, line size, and most importantly HIGHEST OIL PRESSURE reading. If you do not give use this information NOBODY can actually help you.

 

Yes. The recommendations are on the instructions card located at the bottom of the foam pack of a genuine Garrett turbo, as well as torque specs for the bolts and rotation angle of the cartridge.