Ok, so as you may have seen on my coolant leak thread, I have a line that has torn off from the top of the turbo. As it sits, the car is not driveable (no shit, right?) so that leaves me with 2 options.

1)Since I can prove that the coolant line was somehow kinked or damaged from the accident, I have this covered under insurance claims and can get the car towed to the honda dealership and have them TRY to fix this and put everything back on without F*ng up anything else in the process.

2) I can fix it myself which involves unbolting the turbo from the manifold, taking the DP off also so I can slip the turbo off, and replacing the line.

I decided to go with option 2, now scroll down near the bottom of this page to read my latest question about how to take the turbo off the manifold and dealing with the special non-backing bolts.

 

fix it yourself..roll your sleeves up and get a few buddys then go to town

 

that's what Im leaning towards, I just don't want to F anything up on this car. It was fine for me to make mistakes on my DSM, it was a POS for the most part, but this car is a completely diff. deal.

 

seriously doubt Honda would touch it with a 10 foot pole.

 

Actually I went to a honda dealership and priced a clutch install, and alot of those guys actually race alot in their offtime and believe it or not OWN HONDAS. LOL he did it for like 250 in his offtime and he towed it to and from the shop for free.

 

My honda dealership isn't that cool.

 

Talk to the techs not the fag dealer guys. They are lame and just want you to spend money.

 

I hadn't thought about this option yet: I could, in theory, cap off the coolant pipe that comes off the turbo, but what else would I have to cap off to make this turbo oil-cooled only?

 

If your not sure how much to torque it down, what makes you think techs that do oil changes on accords know what specs to put non-backing bolts into a turbine?

Just some food for thought

 

I wouldn't go that route. A water cooled turbo is designed to operate with...water cooling. An oil cooled turbo must use the oil to both cool and lubricate, so the amount of oil going through it at anytime is almost always a lot higher than with a water cooled unit. With water as the main heat exchanging medium, the oil is mainly used to lubricate.