turbo oil feed

[87soup]

so i just went single and got my set up running but the oil feed flange had a tinny little hole for the oil, guessing to build up oil pressure...

Well my turbo was starving and i drilled it out a bit then that helped with the dry howl noise. Then i went to tighten it the damn thing snapped off the flange!

So i then ran my feed line directly into the turbo feed hole, sounds great, but now it smoking like crazy!!!

Is the turbo flooding with oil now???
I also checked the IC pipes and they are crispy clean!

 

[supr88]

that would be a restrictor fitting which is needed. you can buy different sized ones, maybe you had one that was too small.. did you pre-oil the turbo really good when you put it on there? I hope so.
that explains the smoke, there is too much oil going to your turbo so it has to go somewhere.

 

[87soup]

Yea i flushed the thing with oil before i put it on... Ok so there is different sized fitting how should i know which one to get????

 

[kotu100]

im curious about this as well.

 

[Freshmaker]

Perfect world: Find the spec sheet, or contact the manufacturer of the turbo

What I did: use the one that comes in the kit from drift motion

Ps. do you have the drain setup correctly for the turbo?

 

[87soup]

Perfect world: Find the spec sheet, or contact the manufacturer of the turbo

What I did: use the one that comes in the kit from drift motion

Ps. do you have the drain setup correctly for the turbo?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.. The drain?
Isnt there only one way to???
From turbo to block right??

 

[tissimo]

Do you have a BB turbo? If so, the restrictor is needed and you'll probably blow oil out of the seals.

 

[pnutcar]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.. The drain?
Isnt there only one way to???
From turbo to block right??

Yes, make sure you have a large enough drain line that will give the oil a free flowing gravity fed path back to the block.

 

[pbasil1]

The oil drain should be at least double the diameter of the feed line. Typically -8AN or larger. -10AN is very common.

 

[Freshmaker]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.. The drain?
Isnt there only one way to???
From turbo to block right??

As others said, its a gravity fed drain. The drain off the turbo needs to be pointing straight down with a nice path to the block. My turbo actually specified less than 20 degrees from vertical. Use a huge line as pbasil1 mentioned, and make sure that line won't hurt your flow in any way.

 

[87soup]

My return line is huge and drops straight down, the thing looks like a garden hose...
Thats not the problem, i just need a oil feed flange or a solution to how big this hole should be...