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so yeah when i got my stafford kit used and i had to make up my own oil drain line, dont know if the new kits come with them, but i made mine out of some rubber hose and brass fittings so after about 4 months of leaking and burning oil i went to the local hydraulic hose shop and got one custom made up. check it out. only down side, 90 bucks moral of the story is, if you got this problem, go to the hydraulic shop near you!

 
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dude that poor rubber tube looks worked over like a $2 *****!

 
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that line you had made is way too small for an oil drain. Needs to be no smaller than 5/8"

 
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^^^ agree that drain line is tooo small

 
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ROFL ....... yeah........you are gonna be smokin

 
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Smokin' hot like meh? LOLOLOL

 
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who needs seals on the turbo anyways?

 
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lol, was thinking that too, atleast ill burn the oil and it wont be in a pool in my driveway

 
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that drain does look way small, from what ive found min size should be an-8 to 10

 
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yeah yeah, thing is that the tap into my oil pan has always been that size, thats why they made it that size, and ive never had a problem

 
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i had the same oil leak problem, and i just invested in 2 small constant torque clamps, fixed it for $10

 
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man...I used Russell fittings and tapped it together with steel braided lines...no problems.

 
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Most oil return lines are AN10, which is about 1/2" inner diameter.

 
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Hey, I've got a question that fits in this topic-- awhile after I got my turbo i noticed there was an oily condensation all over my oil return line. It was 5/8" goodyear heater hose, and i noticed a bad kink in it so i figured that's what caused the condensation everywhere.





I went out and bought another heater hose and switched them out at my next oil change. i checked on it 2 weeks later and it still looked brand new, so problem fixed. but after another 2 weeks, it had the oily condensation on it again, without the kink.

what gives? I see no oil leaks on the turbo return fitting.

 
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Heater hose is not rated for oil. Oil will soak through the hose. You need a hose rated for fuel/oil.

 
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http://motors.search.ebay.com/Turbo-...trypageZsearch

 
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great deal here
better than my last post
hoses with ends

hoses said to off a nascar

http://motors.search.ebay.com/NASCAR...QsaspiZ2QQspZ0

 
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Ey yi yi

First of all, the first hose was the correct diameter, but it is obvious by your 'overtightening' that the fittings you had the hose on were entirely to small

Secondly: As stated above, tha -3ish line that you have IMO is way to small for a turbo drain line...it will backup and wreck havoc on your turbo

Thrid: 90 bucks for that hunk of bologna...sorry bud, but you got taken on that deal...that should have cost you at MOST 30 bucks with pressure fittings :[ (Nothign bothers me more than people getting taken advtange of....I got a custom feedline that was like 3 ft long for 40 bucks with fittings...damn!)

Fourth: This is what you should have as your oil drain fitting...not that small thing you own: for t25/t28:


Function 7 makes excellent flanges: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33742

 
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Function 7 make great billet items

 
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just clamp some steel braided hose on there. save the time

 
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These are better.

 
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welp u guys are right, my car is smoking like a son of a bitch, my wallet is 90 bucks lighter, and ill be back under my car tomorrow getting this problem fixed, thanks for the feedback - i thought i was doin stuff the right way by getting hard line, turns out im a ***. the biggest problem im having is seeing where im going to run this large line and put a bigger tap in my oil pan, i see no room what so ever i can work with. i have a 03, ...i looked at the stafford DIY and there is hella room under that thing, i have none at all for some reason.?

 
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ok fellas, me and my buddy fixed my problem today, got all the stuff to made a 8an line and made it up, we retapped the flange and threaded in a 8an fitting like some of thoes pics had. whole thing turned out nice, and no smoke.
by the way that little red plug is my old drain line hole

 
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That should work! Make sure the hose isn't kinked.

 
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thanks for the advice guys

 
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cant ever go wrong with steel braided hoses, thats what i use as well.

 
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i got a complete set of fitting, ss braided oil feed line, ss braided oil return line, for 90 bucks, yours was way overpriced....