turbo oil feed
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just been reading through the how to section and was wondering what you need to do to the turbo oil feed? is it just a case of changing it for a braided hose?

cheers, Nick

either that or carefully bending the original one to clear the engine steady...

alex

AlexF

Yep as alex says. Braided hoses are expensive, im trying to get some sorted alot cheaper! Only thing with bending the original is be careful not to fracture it.

Iain

Iain,
Why not see if you can sort something out with (i think his name is Ian) at www.camauto.com
Check his site out aswell - some interesting 'articles' on there!
The thread into the turbo is a rare size though, and i'm sure the one you get from Avonbar is not quite right... I can't remember what the OD id, but it's 27tpi (threads per inch) according to the Garrett spec sheet i have here. If you measure the OD of the banjo bolt, you can determine the OD in inches.

At the other end of course, you just need a 1/8BSP banjo.
I'm sure the guy at CAM will do a good price if he has a 'link' from this site to his, and knows that he will be supplying the majority of the oil hoses (incl specials for the Various T2 conversions...

Might be worth a call???

Edited by turbodave16v on 23rd Mar, 2004.

Thanks for that dave, ive got an old metal turbo oil feed that i was going to send to somebody to replicate. I find the avonbar one is always far to long anyway.

Ill see if he'll give me a price then we can sort out some prices. It should be possible to use the standard banjo bolts anyway from the t3's so that may make it easier to sort that thread out.

Ive never been able to work out why avonbar etc charge ?50+ for it!

Or is that anodised "t" piece about ?30?!?