I don't have the time or energy to explain everything that has gone wrong with the turbo installation, but suffice to sat this is world away from what I did with my Civic. Maybe I was spoiled by the pre-fit quality of GReddy, but this "one-off" stuff I'm doing to the GSR is straight from hell... Cutting, clipping, shaving, bending, breaking.. and that's not that bad stuff

I'll get into detail in another post, but right now I need some quick help. I bought a GE oil feeder thingy to make oiling my turbo that much easier, but like so many things so far with this car, it doesnt look "right". Let me explain, from what I understood, the facotry oil pipe sticking out of the back of the block to screw the oilfilter on is supposed to have a hex on it for which to unbolt it and install the GE one. Well I went and felt for the hex part of the pipe, but all I could feel with my finger is solid aluminum around the neck of the pipe.. no hex. I managed to squeeze my digi cam in there since I couldn't see it at eye level and this is what I found:


Now call me crazy, call me paranoid, call me whatever you want.... but I don't see any hex for which to unscrew the pipe, and I certaintly don't want to rip it up only to find out later on that it can't be removed. So.. does anybody esle here have experience with this? Does this look right or is my oil pipe not the same?? Any help would be GREATLY apprieciated, thanks guys!

 

I think that the hex nut you are looking for i only for cars equipped with an oil cooler. If you have a GSR then you should have one.

I can only hope that this helps.

 

I think only the 94-95 GSRs and all ITRs have oil coolers.

 

nope, i've seen them on as late as 99

 

I had to use an extractor to get mine out. Just buy one at th ehardware store. I think they are called easy outs. Th enew GE design does not need for that part to be taken out.

 

Ok well, what I need is a definite 'yes' or 'no' as to whether or not my pipe can be removed.

Has anybody here removed the oil feed pipe on a motor that DIDN'T have the hex? Like I said, my biggest fear is destroying that pipe only to find out later that this particular type isn't supposed to be removed.. rendering me with a ruined block

Anyone..?

BTW, its a '99 GSR with no oil cooler.


Modified by VTC_CiViC at 6:18 PM 8/3/2003

 

yes you can unscrew that piece, but if you have the "new" style GE oil filter adapter then you don't have to. it screws over that piece.

 

Yes we had the machine shop unscrew the on in a b16a2.

 

OBD! and ITR"s are the only b18's with oil coolers

they did not come of the 96 up tegs

 

If you have the old style ge adaptor, take a big pipe wrench or a vise grip and take it off. I used a vise grip myself. Otherwise, my buddy got the new style, and all he did was unscrew the oil filter, and screwed the adaptor on.

 

Well, because I am an amazing chicken ****, I'm gonna go ahead and order the newest version from GE and sell mine to a buddy with an OBD-1 GSR..

Can't wait to get the bastard boosted already..

 

If at all possible, post up a pic of your GE oil cooler so we can verify that it is the old style. I just purchased mine, so I know it is the new style. All I had to do was screw it on to the threaded oil pipe that the oil filter screws on:

 

GE New style kicks ***

 

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Oh I know it's the old style. The new ones have a female to male adapter to screw over the existing oil pipe, mine is just a new pipe with male thread on both ends.. one end to be screwed into the block.

 

UPDATE:

Well I decided to grow a brain and actually go to the source for the final answer.. ( sounds like something out of the Matrix ). Anyways, I just got off the phone with Robert at Golden Eagle Mfg., and he confirmed that I CAN use the original style GE oil adapter. The pipe is steel and the block aluminum, so it's not casted or welded together (as I suspected), and as Robert put it "I've never seen one that didn't come off". So I guess I'm a little relived!!

Having an OEM oil cooler just makes it that much easier since you have a hex to torque the pipe off with, but either one will still come out

Well, looks like I've got a set of vice grips to buy! Thanks fellas