I dont see how else you would attatch it unless you have a 90* bend right there. I love the topmount mani's simply because oil drain is not an issue for me at all.

 

hmm could this fknnn be it, im soo pisssed!!

BAD SEAL LET ME GUESS.. YESSS!!




why me!!

 

My pan has the fitting in same place.. it came off a supercharged setup
will be sure to angle everything properly

 

it never was the oil drain, it was a bad turbo seal from the beginning.

 

that sucks, did you get yours used?

 

NOPE new

 

its entirely possible that your flawed oil return line actually caused your seal in the turbo to blow out. Once the line backed up a bit due to the dip right before the pan (BIG no no) you ended up putting pressure in that line where there normally is none. This in turn causes you to start pushing oil past the seals in the turbo. If let go long enough it can eventually just wreck the seals to the point that once the line is corrected its still too late.

 

understandable, car smoked fromt he beginning, and 50miles or less including the dyno runs.

on that new turbo.

 

Or it might have been a bad turbo from the get go.

 

with 50miles or less, even if my drain wasnt perfectly in a downward motion, there is no way enough oil would fill that whole line to cause that much smoke.... LET alone break the seal. I would think it would take alot more smoke and driving with a messed up oil drain line to ruin the turbo.