Oil Cooled Turbo

[adam87]

hi

im running an oil only turbo now and just needing to know which is the best method of blocking off the water lines to and from the original turbo.

should i cut the standard line and join it with some hose to the intake side or do i just put a bolt in the feed line and then ill plumb the other end in somewhere else as im running a forward facing plenum and am changing the routes of a few lines.

for an rb25

which is best?

thanks

Edited January 29, 2008 by adam87

[stolen_s15]

I would imagine unbolting and removing the lines, and replacing the banjo bolts with normal threaded bolts of the same size. This will block it all up for you.

[The Mafia]

f**k they are nice tits; the hose runs around the back of the engine, and through the throttle body I think, so blocking them up might not be the best option.

Joining them up would be as if they were on a watercooled turbo anyway.

What kind of turbo did you put on? Oil only must be old as the hills?

[GeeTR]

Maybe Trust

[adam87]

I would imagine unbolting and removing the lines, and replacing the banjo bolts with normal threaded bolts of the same size. This will block it all up for you.

this is what i had in mind but with the return i can plumb it into a heater hose line that i have free after removing the standard throttle body, then i only need to put a plug in the standard feed hole

f**k they are nice tits; the hose runs around the back of the engine, and through the throttle body I think, so blocking them up might not be the best option.

Joining them up would be as if they were on a watercooled turbo anyway.

What kind of turbo did you put on? Oil only must be old as the hills?

i could plumb the old turbo return line in to the line that originally went through the t/b and down to the heater hose

Maybe Trust

unfortuneatly not. its a hypergear tr43. will still be fun in my silvia tho

thanks for the help so far

[R31Nismoid]

Just block it off with a bolt.

[BHDave]

There's an L shaped rubber hose on the back of the plenum that feeds the line around the back of the head. Jam something in the end of it and hose clamp it so it won't leak.

There's a threaded hole in the block at the back where the other line attachs. You can get a proper bung from pirtek which has a rubber oring in it which works well.

I've had mine blocked for 2 years. no problems.

The throttle body circuit is separate to the turbo so blocking it off wont cause any problems and is a hell of a lot tidier.

[adam87]

Just block it off with a bolt.

There's an L shaped rubber hose on the back of the plenum that feeds the line around the back of the head. Jam something in the end of it and hose clamp it so it won't leak.

There's a threaded hole in the block at the back where the other line attachs. You can get a proper bung from pirtek which has a rubber oring in it which works well.

I've had mine blocked for 2 years. no problems.

The throttle body circuit is separate to the turbo so blocking it off wont cause any problems and is a hell of a lot tidier.

great. thats all i wanted to hear.

thanks