Evo X upgrades

[mlomker]

Found out that I'm leaking a fair bit of oil from the turbo oil supply line (banjo bolt on the motor side). I think I'll let RS Motors handle that one. If the line needs to be replaced then I've heard it isn't much fun due to the tight workspace on the turbo side.

[scheides]

Originally Posted by mlomker

Found out that I'm leaking a fair bit of oil from the turbo oil supply line (banjo bolt on the motor side). I think I'll let RS Motors handle that one. If the line needs to be replaced then I've heard it isn't much fun due to the tight workspace on the turbo side.

I discovered a leak on my car in the same spot just this past weekend. I gave it a 1/16th turn to torque it but if the leak persists, a new set of copper crushwashers will go in. It's a tight spot but w/o an undertray on all I needed was a 17mm socket on the end of my flexi ratchet and it fit right in. They are sometimes a small PITA when replacing the crushwashers because you have to re-align the banjo bolt. The bolt wants to go perfectly straight in the head of the feed line and if that is off-kilter even a little (which is easy to do) it will not want to thread into the block. The solution is to pull it back out and very carefully tweak the line itself so it is straight then try again. Oh, and oil drips out of it the whole time too

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by scheides

w/o an undertray

I'm already loving and hating that SSP undertray. I wonder if it matters much for aerodynamics or not. Oh, well.

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by scheides

I discovered a leak on my car in the same spot just this past weekend.

I've been reading around about oil leaks and it seems like the most common place to leak is from the timing cover and a lot people mistakenly think it is coming from the turbo oil feed. Mine leaks more than a few drops so it probably is the oil feed.

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