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XTCshri2222
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Ok, some of you read my earlyer posts, with my oil temp being on the highside, and having high oil pressure.

I have mounted the oil cooler, and have feed line running from my oil sandwich plate, question is, is it ok if i tap my oil return for the turbo, and put in a split fitting, making it so my oil return from my oil cooler would be shared with my oil return for my turbo on the drivers side of the oil pan?

Would there be any issue of pressurised oil going in on that side of the pan?


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hmmmm, how come I have to ask I guess.

If you have a sandwich plate, then send it back into the block.

On second thought. Sending it back into your pan would be a bad idea. Forget about it. Sandwich plate or filter relocation kit.

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Dude, if you never send it back to the filter mount, the motor gets no lubrication.

And even that aside, you don't want ANY restriction to the drain side of the turbo.

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ok cool i wasn't sure, figgerd i'ed ask since i had no clue where the return gose, i had sandwitch plate but not for oil recirculation.

I just ordered a oil filter relocation kit, with sender ports so i can keep my gauge senders. Now i can run the oil feed to the remote filter housing, to the oil cooler and back into the oem filter housing location.

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The sandwich plate should have 2 openings on it. One is the outlet to the cooler, and the other is the inlet, coming back from the cooler.

Get me some pics so I can help you out.

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i just have a sender sandwich for gauges. I don't have a divided sandwich, i just ordered one. so i should be good.

this is what i ordered, I had to get one with a relocation kit, i have no further clearence with the motor mount in the way of the filter.

this is my old one


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