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any way to drill a oil return in a pan without taking it off
any way to drill a oil return in a pan without taking it off
I need to drill for the oil return, and don't really want metal shards in my sump.
Thanks
Thanks
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Because its a lot of f%#king work. If that was all I were doing at the time I would have taken an hour to drop the pan out, but on that initial turbo install, its hard to find the motivation and take the time to go that far out of your way.thesixerkid wrote:Is there any particular reason you guys didn't remove the oil pan for drilling?
Let us know if you feel like going that extra mile after you've just fitted your turbo and manifold, welded up a whole exhaust system and all of your chargepipes. I didnt. I kinda wanted to just run it.
Haha, I must have experienced exactly what you did. That is exactly how I felt when I did mine. Lets see, I've done all this work and I can drill and tap my pan in 15 minutes or I can get completely filthy and pull the pan and spend several hours doing it with similar results.turbodan wrote:Because its a lot of f%#king work. If that was all I were doing at the time I would have taken an hour to drop the pan out, but on that initial turbo install, its hard to find the motivation and take the time to go that far out of your way.thesixerkid wrote:Is there any particular reason you guys didn't remove the oil pan for drilling?
Let us know if you feel like going that extra mile after you've just fitted your turbo and manifold, welded up a whole exhaust system and all of your chargepipes. I didnt. I kinda wanted to just run it.
For sure. Dont get me wrong, I dont like to cut corners, but sometimes the risk vs. benefit ratio just doesnt justify the not necessarily necessary pain in the ass that is pulling down the oil pan.
If I were building an engine on a stand I'd weld a piece of tube in there. It would be legit. I should have done that when I put this engine together in the first place. Oh well. Maybe next time.
If I were building an engine on a stand I'd weld a piece of tube in there. It would be legit. I should have done that when I put this engine together in the first place. Oh well. Maybe next time.
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But then your drain would be below the oil level and will potentially hurt drainback. Any undue pressure in the turbo drain can cause internal seal leakage in the turbo. I have seen it done on other cars but it doesn't make it the best way to do it.ismellfish2 wrote:Random idle speculation- could you run a line with a fitting on the end threaded to fit the drain plug? No drilling involved...