turbo oil return to engine

Post Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:55 am

hey guys im currently doing a turbo conversion to my 325i cab and was wonderin where people are putting there oil return pipes to any help and advice would be great thanks

Post Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:03 am

Tap the sump under the oil level sender, just above the oil level.

We used a landrover oil return pipe and it works a treat!

If I can find a pic I'll post it.

HTH, Mark.

EDIT: look here : http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... oil+return

Post Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:44 pm

i take it theres enough clearence above the ooil level and the crank then? did you have any problems re-sealing your sump? if youve got any pics of your turbo setup that i could see that would be great as im making my own kit cheers

Post Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:25 pm

basil wrote:i take it theres enough clearence above the ooil level and the crank then? did you have any problems re-sealing your sump? if youve got any pics of your turbo setup that i could see that would be great as im making my own kit cheers

Enough clearence for one, no worries. No issues sealing sump up either, it got a few layers of sealent plus the gasket, not leaked since.

Pics are spread over many threads in this section, have a look for Turbobrown's, Ants, Tylerma's, DeanT and jon_bmw's threads, all turbo's!

HTH, Mark.