Coolant and oil lines

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I'd really like to see some photo's of how everyone runs their coolant lines, I guess it could get a bit creative.

Also I have a question about the turbo oil feed line.
being the miser that I am, has anyone used the steel braided lines made for sink type plumbing??????
Just curious, my concerns are the inside material/rubber of the hose, if it will break down in oil, and second is the seal, a rubber "O" ring.

I got's to know..............
Curt

 

[skyy_4life]

heh i wouldnt use plumbing stuff. just buy oil feed kit off ebay. they come with steel-braided lines and fittings. u can also find some that have the oil filter adapter like mine. works amazingly.

 

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Here's another question. what is the thread type and size of the turbo oil feed coming out of the oil pressure sending unit/log?

(this came off a Merkur)

I took my unit to a parts house and a speed shop, parts house called it a 1/4 npt, speed shop?? but he said it was not a pipe thread, the guy at the speed shop was stumped at the nipple in the unit, he said an AN adpter fitting would not seal on it. I believe the 90 degree fitting on the turbo is the same thread.

It seemed so simple, get the adapters, hose and screw it together.
Curt

 

[CopyKat]

I'm using 1/4" brake line. I just used 1/8 npt adapters. I made my own top plate as I didn't have one with the turbo.

I've seen some top plates for the T3 that use a banjo bolt setup (Nissan). Could be one of those.

 

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What about the fitting at the block, where the oil pressure sending unit is, how did you adapt to it??
Curt

 

[CopyKat]

I drilled and tapped for a 1/8 NPT and I used one of the brake line adapters.

You can just see the fittings here.

Top plate

 

[skyy_4life]

nice lookin engine... yea i just baught a kit off of ebay and baught a oil filter adapter for oil in and drilled and tapped oil pan for oil out.

 

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OK I got my adapters, and line.
Just a simple AN#4 1/8NPT elbow that replaces the factory fitting on the turbo (A), and a male flare fitting to AN #4 (B), I think it's for brake lines.
I was just having trouble with the thread sizes, good thing the guy that works the counter at the Speed Shop knows his stuff, as the Owner sure was lost when I was in there last week.
And it only cost about $20.................



Now to reroute the Turbo water line.

It has that hard Z shaped line that intersects the line coming from the thermostat housing, I'm using copper hard-line from the water cooler to the thermostat housing, so all I need to do is T into this line anywhere along is route, my only concern is the heat from the exhaust manifold, I will need to find a hard line to come off the Turbo, I was just going to go straight from the turbo to the copper hard line, the shortest route, just need to find some 1/2 flare tubing that I can put a slight bend in, as I don't think rubber hose will survive that close to the exhaust manifold.
Curt
here are some crapy photos