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Originally Posted by mikedsilva
Are you running a journal bearing turbo or a ball bearing turbo?
I only ask since I am using a Pulsar turbo and using gravity feed. So far, I dont think I am having any issues?
There is a small amount of oil film in my intake pipe but being my first turbo, not sure if this is considered normal...
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Hey Mike, yes I am trying to solve the oil film in the intake issue, if you have this it means oil is entering in the intake and you're not draining the turbo, it will make smoke and damage your turbo's bearing.
I am using a ball bearing turbo, there is pretty much no oil pressure on the exit side of the turbos bearing (apparently) and gravity is not enough even with a downward running line.
Plan for now is to use a catch can under the turbo, to a electric scavenger pump where the 930 scavenger pump would typically be, then feed it back to the oil tank via a 930 OEM line. I'll eventually swap this to a mechanical 930 pump run from the cam.
I'm not sure how the 930 line connects to the oil tank and what is required there. I want to stop draining to the sump plug and I don't love the idea of draining the hot oil, although not huge volumes of it into the cam covers.