Using Oil only on Water-cooled turbo
03-05-2007, 08:49 PM
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Using Oil only on Water-cooled turbo
Can anyone give me some input about running a garrett t3-sized bearing without water through it? I have heard of people not running the water, and it working just fine (oil only), but I am curious about what everyone's opinon on the matter is; anyone running this successfully? Can oil only cool them effectively?
03-05-2007, 11:05 PM
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Re: Using Oil only on Water-cooled turbo
Originally Posted by Dr3w
just run the damn water.. gonna take u like 45 minutes to do and its not there for nothing.
03-06-2007, 11:36 AM
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Re: Using Oil only on Water-cooled turbo
Originally Posted by low_pt
What is a "good practice" for doing this? Do you usually just run it inline with the heater core or something?
You want the coolant inlet to come from before the water pump and the return from the turbo should go after the water pump. Its pretty simple the coolant before the water pump has been cooled by the rad while the one after the pump has already passed through the motor and is going to be cooled off by the rad. Just choose an appropriate location for each.
