upgraded turbo, what to do with water/oil lines

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migsk8
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ok so my t25 was smoking its *** off so i got a turbo from someone that was suppose to fit, to make a long story short, it didn't fit. i have all the parts for upgraded turbo, but i have never had to mess with oil/water cooling lines too much. anyways i wanted to know

what do i do with the water lines coming from the block? plug them right?

what do i do with the oil lines? because im putting a greddy oil pan on soon.


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Do you have aftermarket oil/coolant lines? Those should work.

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S14toRPS13 wrote:Do you have aftermarket oil/coolant lines? Those should work.
nah but im trying to find a good place i can get some.......so just plug the water lines from the block and just run the oil lines to the turbo correct?

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Is it a water/oil cooled turbo? If it's only oil cooled, you answered your own question...

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its oil cooled, and i just needed to make sure

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There's only one water line on the block. You'll have to cap the nipple off on the back of the block coming off the heater hose.

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Hijacker wrote:There's only one water line on the block. You'll have to cap the nipple off on the back of the block coming off the heater hose.
isn't there 2 for water, one in the back of the block and one on the right side of the block?

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Sorry I meant to say one banjo bolt line for coolant. But there's a return line going to the back of the head which would have to be capped off if you were running a non-water cooled turbo.

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On the S14 SR - there are 2 water lines on the block. One near the front, and one just under the exhaust mani.

I don't know if that's relevant to your engine or not. I know the S13 engine is a bit different in this aspect.


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