Think I ran into a problem (drain related)
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Think I ran into a problem (drain related)
so, had the car running this morning with eveyrhting assembled, etc.
After about 2 minutes, i believe i smelt oil, so i shut the car off.
My drain is basically horizontal, i think there might be a slight down slope, not sure yet.
My drain is a 90* fitting coming off of the bottom of the turbo, and i am pretty sure everything is parallel to the ground, i knwo the drain doesn't go up, its either perfectly horizontal or has a slight down slope.
Do you guys think my drain is my problem, or maybe i have a leak somewhere or maybe im just paranoid, who knows.
After about 2 minutes, i believe i smelt oil, so i shut the car off.
My drain is basically horizontal, i think there might be a slight down slope, not sure yet.
My drain is a 90* fitting coming off of the bottom of the turbo, and i am pretty sure everything is parallel to the ground, i knwo the drain doesn't go up, its either perfectly horizontal or has a slight down slope.
Do you guys think my drain is my problem, or maybe i have a leak somewhere or maybe im just paranoid, who knows.
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Look for leaks,
check the level - as long as its not empty it shouldn't hurt to idle it a bit
honestly the drain needs gravity, quite a bit of oil is flowing through there and it needs to be able to run down out of the turbo. One way to test would be to use a catch can below the turbo and just drain straigt into that... but if its flowing very much this would be a bad idea because you could drain your pan in a hurry.....
Also if this is the first time starting it there will be all kinds of crap that burns off the exhaust etc.... I say run it a bit more
check the level - as long as its not empty it shouldn't hurt to idle it a bit
honestly the drain needs gravity, quite a bit of oil is flowing through there and it needs to be able to run down out of the turbo. One way to test would be to use a catch can below the turbo and just drain straigt into that... but if its flowing very much this would be a bad idea because you could drain your pan in a hurry.....
Also if this is the first time starting it there will be all kinds of crap that burns off the exhaust etc.... I say run it a bit more
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yeah, my problem is, theres not really any way i can give it gravity unless I use a pump
guess i will check it by having the hose off of the oil pan and hold it where it is and see how it drains.
guess i will check it by having the hose off of the oil pan and hold it where it is and see how it drains.
Last edited by reamo04; Apr 8, 2008 at 10:41 PM.
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If the drain is parallel to the ground by design, what happens when you encounter a downgrade in the road of a couple of degrees or more?
If it's a street car especially, you might experience 25*(???) grades in the road. Not sure what max road gradients are allowed to be but you would want to design to 5-10* in addition to max gradients (tolerance stack
)
-Scott.
If it's a street car especially, you might experience 25*(???) grades in the road. Not sure what max road gradients are allowed to be but you would want to design to 5-10* in addition to max gradients (tolerance stack
)-Scott.
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well guys, got it figured out how to do it.
Just need to get a welder from my buddy again and get my brace redone.
My problem wasnt anything with my piping, etc. it was that wwhen i welded my brace, i welded on the wrong side (welded bottom instead of top) lol
Just need to get a welder from my buddy again and get my brace redone.
My problem wasnt anything with my piping, etc. it was that wwhen i welded my brace, i welded on the wrong side (welded bottom instead of top) lol
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