tryin to hook up the oil lines, i searched but didnt find much, i read you can use the spot on the drivers side of the cam tower on the back, how do you remove this port or is there a better spot for the oil. thanks
Is this to feed a turbo or a gauge?
BTW either way the Unit takes a oil sending unit tool.
I just did that on my 95 and borrowed it from a tech at work.
its to feed the turbo, is there any other way to do it other than using the sending unit tool.
if you go under your car on the pasenger side of the block kind of just above the axle you wil see a allen head screw... its just a plug in your block... a tiny bit of oil might spil out but i know i have next to nothing come out of mine when i did it and i just got fittings to fit into it and then attach my oil pressure sensor... i can try to get pictures if you want
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yes can you please post pics if you can also where the @!#$ is the knock sensor, i had my computer flashed to a 99 so i have to put in a new knock sensor, the haynes manual doesn't show much if you have any pics or can help me out as were its located, that would be great
that allen nut you are talkin about will supply the turbo with enough oil?
Josh you'll want to get a reading at the head....
That sender spot in the front cam tower is the most common and probably the best spot for LD9 owners to get an oil pressure reading from, since it's at the highest part of the system and just before the turbo... to take that sender out I used a pair of vise grips and just gently got enough pressure on it without crushing it to turn it out slowly... it's in there good! (Thank you heat cycling)
Once it's out you'll want a 2-3" extension brass pipe thread fitting, then a female to female fitting, then a male to double female y-fitting and then your sender and oil sending lines to the turbo. Don't forget to use teflon paste to seal the threads and don't overtighten but make sure the're all very snug.
It's not that bad of a job, maybe an hour tops if you're working slow and your hands are having a hard time working in that slightly cramped space.
Good luck!
-Chris-
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-Turbocharged-
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Why cut the corners using visegrips on that sensor. Please don't be cheap and just buy the socket that is made to do it. I'm so tired of everyone tryin' to take shortcuts for their cars. What's next visegrips putting in sparkplugs? Tools are made for a reason. So get the right tools for the right job plan and simple. Hell sell it later to someone that needs it, but don't do it the easy way out.
Maybe at the time when *I* did it I didn't realize there was a tool available to remove it, so I used what I had since none of my open end wrenches were big enough.
Maybe you should be bitching about people cutting corners on their fuel systems and piping setups rather than their tools. What are you going to bitch about next, that I designed, built and installed my turbo kit in a parking garage 2 floors underground?
Grow up.
-Chris-
-Sweetness-
-Turbocharged-
Slowly but surely may some day win this race...
I used a pliers to get the stock sensor out. worked fine for me and if i were going to buy that tool this would be the only time I would use it so i rather cut a corner on a 1 time use thing. kinda wasting money to buy something your going to use once
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SweetnessGT wrote:Maybe at the time when *I* did it I didn't realize there was a tool available to remove it, so I used what I had since none of my open end wrenches were big enough.
Maybe you should be bitching about people cutting corners on their fuel systems and piping setups rather than their tools. What are you going to bitch about next, that I designed, built and installed my turbo kit in a parking garage 2 floors underground?
Grow up.
-Chris-
Well I'mjust tryin' to have you tell people that there are tools for this kinda thing. You did know about the tool when you posted, but you just told him a way that he could break the sensor. Even though it is a cheap sensor to break give the right way of doing thing ok.
BTW maybe you don't know this, but without a garage I've engine swaped my 2.2 for a 2.4 and fully buildin' my own turbo system with a nice custome rewelded Johny Mack Turbo header. This is not a pissin' contest here, but I'm sure I can make it one that I will when if you want.
Drive on thur please cause I'm just tryin' to make sure people get the right way of doing things instead of some backyard crap. If the guy would come back to ask a differeent way of doing something cause he doesn't have the money for the socket then I would say it would be ok. Still cheaper doing it yourself and keepin' the tools then a dealership. Next time someone tells you that you did something getto don't tell them to grow up cause you didn't know any better. Have a nice day.
The only thing being done ghetto is your asian-wannabe american built car. Man you must go crazy when someody removes an oxygen sensor with a 22mil open end wrench rather than an oxygen-sensor socket, huh?
Try putting up some useful information on this site, or come up with a new concept that people begin to copy because it works decently well...
I told him nothing that would break his sensor. A pair of loose vise grips would do the job just fine... telling somebody how to break their car is saying it can run at 5psi with no intercooler. Any time positive pressure is introduced to a motor an intercooler must be present... but nope everybody on the .org is a genius and clearly so are you with your little tool speech.
Listen up Snap-on.... the only tool missing from my toolbox is you - and I don't want that cheap @!#$ near me.
So like I said. Grow up Mr. "I'm going to insult you indirectly so it seems like I'm still a nice guy." I will say what I have to say to your face, and I am NOT a nice guy about it. If you wanted a japanese car you shouldn't have bought american and then mutilated the poor thing to look like some half-asleep wretched half-and-half J-body. Swapping in a 2.4 where a 2.2 was isn't exactly difficult, especially with the step-by-step instructions that the older members have left behind. And re-welding one of Mr. Mack's fine manifolds isn't exactly something to beat your chest about... if you really want it to come down to it, finish your car and put it up against mine.... see if you'll put your car and what its worth where your mouth is... because you'll need a lot more than "15psi and a bit more on play days" to impress somebody who's engine build in parts alone is worth more than your whole vehicle AND the little tiny tool you decided to bitch about.
Ricers like you with their rebar showing bitching about perfectly good answers is the reason people stopped helping on this site. Go back to the exterior forum and figure out why eyelids were a 1999 modification and they made your car look stupid, even back then when it was the best mod available.
-Chris-
-Sweetness-
-Turbocharged-
Slowly but surely may some day win this race...
