Guys, I was wondering if anyone knew where I can get a turbo oil line made up in Edmonton. I've gone with a bigger turbo and now the line is about 1 inch too long. GreenLine said no, but they suggested I try Greggs. Any other ideas? Do they reuse the fittings and just switch the line? How spendy is this item?

 

Do you have Goodall Rubber there? Even Princess Auto might be able to do it for you.
Goodall/Aeroquip has always been able to help me with custom stuff...might worth a call.

Scotty

 

I got a custom line made at Princess Auto for my S300G. The previous owner of the turbo had made one that leaked. So far its been great, looks almost stock except for not having the braid.

 

I had my stock line lengthened at Ability in Calgary, just reused the fittings. Still using the braided tight temp teflon. Not that the Calgary shop helps a whole lot, but they can reuse your old fittings.

If the line is an inch too long, why does it need to be shortened? Can't you just turn the line so its not touching anything hot? Unless the 3rd gen stuff is really that much different.

 

What turbo did you get?

 

Thanks for your responses guys - I tried Princess Auto (south side) and they don't do that kind of work. I was looking for other optins because I was told only the north side Greggs does hoses, but it turns out the south side location does it too (I live in Mill Woods). They did me up a new line with new fittings in about 10 min - the only problem was that they had to use engine hose instead of braided stainless - I gave it the OK because I figured it only needed to withstand high heat and not high pressure.

And for Tate, the line was either pushing up on the exhaust manifold or it was up against the turbo housing - kinda frustrating that the fit was so close, but I didn't really want to leave it either way. I could have even gone a bit shorter, but this hose bends OK and it's not touching anything. I'm kinda a newbie and all I knew is that I didn't want it to be too short .

Futureowner: I got the II 66 mm (silver bullet). A guy in Whitecourt was selling it with an ATS manifold for a price I could not resist. Thank goodness I have gold-hearted Rigcrawler of the CF forum helping me out cause the install has been a bit more difficult than I anticipated (and had been led to believe!!). Looks like the trans fluid dipstick will need to come out and for a little "bending" because the turbo housing is also pushing up against that. And I found out the hard way that exhaust manifolds shrink - I think it will take a bit of redneck engineering to get the last 2 bolts in wish me luck....

 

Good luck, you will like that turbo when it is done though, I had that same turbo for quite awhile

 

what are the full specs on that silver bullet? just curious.

 

66 14 71 Iirc

 

thanks, curious cause I just horse traded my HX40 for a switzer 66/71/14 for my 12v.......... not sure if that was the right choice but I know darn sure the HX40 is going to be waaaay too small.

good to hear though that it works good on a heavy fueled automatic rig though.

 

Wow, good deal!

 

Uh, Morkable, or anyone else...are the bolts on the drain side of the oil line different on the Industrial Injection turbo than the stock???? PLEASE say yes if at all possible. They are very difficult to access at this point in the project - I gave up and then Rigcrawler gave it a try - and he indicated that the stock bolts are not the right size..does anyone know what the correct size is? If not I'll give II a call tomorrow....I guess it would not surprise me, it seems like the engine is metric and everything else on the truck is imperial

Oh and Rigcrawler got the manifold on! - he is a most excellent and patient mechanic. I was ready to get the sledgehammer out to persuade it on there

 

probably too late but Bosch hydralic on the west end can make just about any line you need, they are around 180st on 111 ave

 

Oh man, yeah I forgot about that place. Thanks though Nick.

 

I can hardly remember, but I believe that they were different