Bush hates turbo drain solutions! ...now this thread can remain in OT :)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by YTNUKLR
[B]yo jeff-
it will raise engine temps no more than would any other turbo oil drain system. The oil will be hotter because of the turbo, the only difference is it enters a different place. It gets circulated around, so total temp difference=yes (turbo=hotter), local temp difference=moot point.

a turbo bearing failure is the same story. metal will get in the oil , oil will go into the motor. small pieces in this scenario would be sucked into the oil pump and that is BAD news! but no worse than a turbo failure running any other type of oil drain, it's just bad news period for the motor to have metallic debris in it. Any big pieces that make it down that big AN line will not enter the oil pump as the mesh is too fine.


Curiously enough it seems as if there could be a better solution to plumbing in a turbo, not that the setup being discussed isnt trick and cleanly exicuted. Due to the fact that turbo units in general have a higher failure rate than the engines they are installed on (I am making an assumption based on minimal experience) what about putting the turbo on a closed loop oiling system with an electric pump?. This set-up seems as if it would isolate the heat pollution alltogether or at least remove it from the engine oiling system not to mention the fact that the turbo scavenges oil pressure from the engine.

Im sure this has already been thought about and probably done but I'm just curious weather it would actually pose a benifit or weather the closed loop system would merely be too complicated, cumbersome, or not efficient enough based on added weight to the tail end.

As far as the small displacement aluminum case frakenstien turbo engine is concerned you would be the first to know since your evil genuis and educated hairbrained ideas would be necessary. Just think a stripped down beater early car, kinda ratty with big brakes and the afore mentioned engine as a grocery getter would be so much fun.

Oh btw that 69 912 I have has a cylinder heading south of 90psi due to slow major failure hmmmmmmm............

Bump for a great thread :D

Pat if you find this thread so distasteful to the OT, why don't you just secede from this thread. :eek: SmileWavy

Nice engine/motor thingy BTW.

juicersr, You have a pm.

one more time

Jerry,

I like the way this looks and lower temps is definitely a benefit. Does it make changing the oil a hassle? How easy or difficult does this make an oil change?

Better yet, throw it straight back where it came from.