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Re: Oil restrictor

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Originally Posted by f***myzc

Its a built a6 motor and i have a t3/to4e 60 trim. I know a little big its been working out great. Im not sure as to how much oil pressure my turbo was seeing because i have no oil gauge, but i did let the feed line go into a bucket for a few seconds. God damn :o its bound to have to much oil pressure. Not to sure though sourcing a oil gauge now.

My best guess would be to throw a homemade oil restrictor or a valve to help control the oil pressure. I'm pretty positive you'd be seeing anywhere from 50 - 70 PSI at good throttle. On my Accord, in the morning, I'm seeing at most 85 PSI on my gauge, and when it's warm about 50 to 60. Thank god the turbo I managed to use has built in a restrictor so I never used one.

A gauge would definitely help you in determining a lot of things. I would just for engine/turbo sake. :y

Good luck.

Re: Oil restrictor

To muck oil pressure killed three of my turbos. :'(

Re: Oil restrictor

drilled out set screw. cheap as ---- and works.

Re: Oil restrictor

When making the 0.060 - 0.065 hole into the set screw for oil restricting purposes, is that the 1/16 inch drill bit that will be needed to achieve the correct size? If not, what size bit will I need?

Re: Oil restrictor

i made my own with a female 1/8 coupler with a small allen screw in the middle with a 1/16 hole drilled in it

Re: Oil restrictor

just take 1/16 devide the 1 with the 16 = 0.0625. it will be good

Re: Oil restrictor

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Originally Posted by PhilStubbs

just take 1/16 devide the 1 with the 16 = 0.0625. it will be good

Nice, just made me one with the set screw idea.