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OIl return line advice


Welditup

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Sup guys. My oil return line is leaking on the turbo(not the fitting on the block). I hear the fitting on the block is a bad design( prone to leaking) and want to hit both issues at once. Any suggestions on what kind of lines I should run and what to do to make the fitting on the block a stronger seal? 

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it's an o-ring on the drain tube in the block and a paper type gasket on the turbo drain itself.  It's less than $10 in parts and an hour job max.  Not a hard job and they don't leak that often in my opinion.  It's shouldn't at least for several miles, like 100K. 

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Thanks guys. Well when it rains it pours,the pressure line to the turbo let go too and its leaking on my exhaust causing some smoke when it gets into boost. On top of that I just got a small boost leak that I can't find as well. UGH, JOY!!!  

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Not necessary to do braided stainless lines unless you're using an aftermarket turbo.  And even then it's usually just the feed line,  the drain can be bent slightly to still work. 

The oil line has 4 crush washers,  i'd replace the line and the banjo fittings as well for cheap insurance.  The banjos and the fitting at the block i've seen develop tiny cracks before that seep oil or can even mist oil under boost.  

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