BIG RED's build thread
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From: Austin, TX
Without redesigning the pipe I don't know if a guy could weld it. The ends don't meet up very well at all, and there is not much room to move it. Without my boot on, the tops of the pipes are hitting, and the bottom has a pretty good gap. Can't really rotate either piece to work well either.
Someone should have spent a little more time putting that side together. No reason it couldn't have been made different in one piece. If I have any more problems with that joint I will re-do the pipe.
Someone should have spent a little more time putting that side together. No reason it couldn't have been made different in one piece. If I have any more problems with that joint I will re-do the pipe.
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I think we all know the answer to that question.. Laziness... LOL
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From: Southern West Virginia
Checked the oil leak on the turbo drain and it isn't the piece that bolts to the turbo that's leaking, it's the fitting itself. I tightened it up but it's still leaking. After taking it for another ride this evening I also found a small leak coming from the bottom of the HPOP gasket.....
I'm gonna pull that drain line out and redo it tomorrow. And I'm not sure, but I think there may be oil in the exhaust and compressor housings of the turbo. I'll check that out tomorrow too.
I'm gonna pull that drain line out and redo it tomorrow. And I'm not sure, but I think there may be oil in the exhaust and compressor housings of the turbo. I'll check that out tomorrow too.
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From: Plankinton, SD
Well, that's not the best of news. I have one question, is your drain line big enough? I was wondering that since I saw your picture, but never mentioned it before. I have no idea how much oil goes into the turbo, and how much needs to drain, but your drain is quite a bit smaller than mine. I would think its big enough, but I wondered that.
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It's 5/16" going in and 3/8" going out. By looking at the inlet hole in the turbo, only so much oil can go in I would think. It's only about an 1/8" or 3/16" hole down in there, so I figured 3/8" would be big enough for a drain. Maybe it isn't. I can try to make it 1/2".
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I talked to him about it when I made them and he said he thought they would be fine.
