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Originally posted by rsNINESOOPER
Would this set-up raise engine temps and also possibly risk sending metallic debris into the engine in the event of a turbo bearing failure?
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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.
When you do that small displacement alu case turbo, I wanna see ! An old 930 manifold, 2.2 heads and low compression, as well as a megasquirt.....m&k exhaust, small junkyard (rebuilt?) turbo.....cheap and too freakin fast for its own good.
The case drain is a great idea, guys! Also it's not just a gravity drain, that pump is obviously generating a serious vacuum right there so oil will really flow through the turbo...
