Quick td04 question

[zx_volcane]

You need to spin the centre cartridge - that pipe must be pointing directly downwards.

Just a bit of a hijack; but ruan, i clocked the VNT, and there's only 3 points where it can be clocked for the vanes to line up; i'll get a pic if it doesnt make sense.

Anyway, i can't get a direct downwards drain (lets say, direct down is at 90*, straight down) well my drain is at about 100*/110*. Is this a huge issue? is it going to be detramental to the oil flow?

Ginge:
Oil drain can be up to 30degree off vertical and still be ok.

Scottbmxer:

As bigcheez2k3 said, you'll need to take bot the hot and the cold sides off the center cartridge, then rotate to get the angles you need.

Basically you want the centre cartridge with the oil drain ponting directly vertically down (taking into account that the engine leans back when in the car) You can get a good approximation of angle by comparing to standard turbo.

iirc coldside is held on by a huge circlip and you need massive circlip pliers to get it, be careful its under a lot of pressure and could go flying. Hotside is held on by the metal band you just undo.

Soaking in some sort of penetrating oil might help, tapping gently with a copper mallet might also be required to separate everything. Or you may be lucky and its just falls apart all lovely.

Careful as you do separate that you don't hit / damage the blades or bend the shaft.

Clean everything up before putting back together so both side go on and rotate easily before tightening back down.

Oil return, just bolt on the one from the standard turbo, you may have to elongate the holes to match the TD04, can't remember. You might need a slightly longer bit of rubber flexi to block, or standard one might just reach.


I think there might be some pics in one of my project threads when I stuck either a t25 or td04 on

*edit have a look here http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-2137-page-2.html