Subject	Turbos are water cooled, oil lines are left to radiate
Posted by	zgene4 on June 24, 2014 at 7:11 PM
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In Reply To	I dont understand how the lines could "coke up" and the posted by LJZTT on June 24, 2014 at 06:37 PM
Message	heat on their own. It makes sense to me that the oil lines could easily see higher temps than the turbo oil surfaces. WARNING: I lack industry backing
Follow Ups	Final Turbo Failure Analysis (long with pics) - OverZealous (CT) 22:33:44 06/23/14 Well done on your analysis - ttsmokin 23:12:49 06/23/14 Time well spent, new lines for sure! - Turbodog (CT) 06:30:53 06/24/14 Good find. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 07:41:03 06/24/14 Very nice, thaks for sharing! (n/m) - rcmadness 08:59:17 06/24/14 I wonder how the flexible stainless lines compare - ZXoltan 10:28:46 06/24/14 Are you gonna continue to use the oe lines or change to ss - TTZ2NV(EPTmotorsports) 10:34:09 06/24/14 I don't know yet. - OverZealous (CT) 12:45:57 06/24/14 The flexible lines are layerered - BlackholeZ 12:17:48 06/24/14 I used braided oil and water lines on the track car - Turbodog (CT) 12:29:30 06/24/14 What heat sleeves did you use? (n/m) - OverZealous (CT) 12:47:45 06/24/14 Re: What heat sleeves did you use? - Turbodog (CT) 06:27:47 06/26/14 Very helpful. Thanks! (n/m) - OverZealous (CT) 14:16:36 06/26/14 Geez that's pretty bad. Glad I installed new lines on mine. (n/m) - Evan_Wright (Ca) 12:00:55 06/24/14 Nice find. Boy am I glad that I did not re-use my - ZXRider 12:43:35 06/24/14 What heat shielding do you recommend for the tube? - OverZealous (CT) 12:52:11 06/24/14 Great find. Another thing for those that haven't done the - MixManMash 13:28:55 06/24/14 Is this an old Service Bulletin issue? - not4resaleZ 13:41:02 06/24/14 Yep! WOW!! - OverZealous (CT) 19:14:39 06/24/14 The difference in those two pictures appears to be - MixManMash 08:48:37 06/25/14 these are both pictures of the passenger side - Zvil (FL) 16:18:37 06/25/14 I figured this HAD to have come up at some time (n/m) - LJZTT 22:58:19 06/24/14 Bookmarked!!! (n/m) - 300ZMang 12:38:25 06/25/14 Wow, that really was like a heart attack! (n/m) - RAGTPZ 14:14:04 06/24/14 Nicely done Sherlock, nicely done (n/m) - zgene4 15:08:22 06/24/14 I dont understand how the lines could "coke up" and the - LJZTT 18:37:37 06/24/14 Turbos are water cooled, oil lines are left to radiate - zgene4 19:11:21 06/24/14 yeah but from the moment the car is shut off the heat source - LJZTT 22:52:19 06/24/14 It is strange but those are the facts - OverZealous (CT) 19:39:33 06/24/14 I'm not doubting you, I'm just surprised that this is the - LJZTT 22:56:06 06/24/14 I don't think this is the first time it happened - Zvil (FL) 08:22:30 06/25/14 Agreed. Usually clogged oil lines are caused by excessive - michaell32 (FL) 15:23:33 06/25/14 Excellent post. Thanks. (n/m) - Boosted1 19:27:57 06/24/14 Nice work. Way to stay with it. I am glad that you - ConVerTT 22:28:54 06/24/14 Great analysis! - zromtech 12:35:10 06/25/14 Noooo... you're not an engineer or anything... :) (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 18:55:12 06/25/14 Move to Tech: VTF (n/m) - Gordo 93TT Daytona 21:13:07 06/25/14 Actually that's a good idea. - BlackholeZ 12:56:41 06/27/14 Thanks All! I'll create a VTF out of this shortly. - OverZealous (CT) 14:16:07 06/26/14 Nice analysis, thanks for the post (n/m) - WhiTTe Z (NY) 17:14:56 06/26/14 Nice Job Bud!! - Rich@RDZ 06:41:42 06/27/14 Very nice, thaks for sharing! (n/m) - rcmadness 14:57:11 07/13/14
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