T2 oil drain and water connections
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Did anyone ever find an off the shelf soloution to this issue. I remember Iain mentioning an oil drian however all I have found is references to the t3 and not the t2.

As it looks like everyone has had to either put two 90 degree bends together (like in Nic's old photos) or braze an extra lenth of pipe on the standard drain does anyone have a better idea than my options below.
Just found this in an old thread and posted. I din not realise it was in the show us yours section however

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=6780

a) Using aeroquipe type hosing to going from the threaded connection on the t2 unit to a tapped threaded section on the t3 oil drain. (Already sounds like a pig to fit)

b) Getting a silicone hose made up in an sort of s shape.

b looks more appealing due to the face that it will still only require one peice of hose, however will all of the bends cause a restriction with regards to the oil follow back into the sump?

Otherwise it has to be the option Jim and Dave use (elier in this thread) on their t2 setups, however I would like not to have to modify the gearbox case.

Any other ideas?

Not an off the shelf solution, but what I did was to cut and weld the T2 pipe to form a tight bend and then use a straight piece of of oil return pipe to the block re-making the flange to form a more favorable angle.


Next time my gearbox is stripped I will be modifying it for an oil return.

I did a similar thing to gibbo, I put a 90deg ben on the return pipe and then used the Metro turbo silicone return pipe and fed it back into the fuelpump hole ala Metro.

Wil

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

Looks like the best option thanks