Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) oil return from turbo? and MACH 4?

[JMachemer]

i am gonna finish putting my PS62 on this weekend. I've heard of problems getting the oil return tube back on/lining up. Is there any truth to this when installing an aftermarket turbo?



you fellas with MACH 4's - are they gonna put a perma-grin on my face I have yet to start it up - waiting to get the turbo on. Anyone have any problems/issues after a injector install other than a few key cycles to get fuel there and air out?

 

[elandon1201]

i am gonna finish putting my PS62 on this weekend. I've heard of problems getting the oil return tube back on/lining up. Is there any truth to this when installing an aftermarket turbo?



you fellas with MACH 4's - are they gonna put a perma-grin on my face I have yet to start it up - waiting to get the turbo on. Anyone have any problems/issues after a injector install other than a few key cycles to get fuel there and air out?

You will have permagrin that is for sure, when that converter hits lockup WATCH OUT!!! you will be GONE!!. I would go buy 1 foot of the silicon heater hose to have just in case. Mine bolted up OK but would not line up with the block very well and the short piece of hose from the factory would not make up the gap, so I cut some of the steel part of the line off and used the 1 ft part of the hose that I had purchased.

 

[Cummins724]

The injectors are gonna wake up that truck for sure. I never had to bleed my fuel system after a injector install. When you are ready to crank the engine..... bump the starter & the fuel pump will prime the system..... after the fuel pump stops running... . bump it again [3-4 times & you are set].

 

[bbodammer]

i am gonna finish putting my PS62 on this weekend. I've heard of problems getting the oil return tube back on/lining up. Is there any truth to this when installing an aftermarket turbo?



you fellas with MACH 4's - are they gonna put a perma-grin on my face I have yet to start it up - waiting to get the turbo on. Anyone have any problems/issues after a injector install other than a few key cycles to get fuel there and air out?

This is a real sweet combo You will have tons of fun with it. I have the same setup, but now with a "holy $%@t smarty" It is so much better when you give a set of good injectors plenty of fuel. You shouldn't have any problems with the return line, but the heater hose idea is a good one. Always better to be safe. Have fun

 

[Brand-X]

Took me less than a half hour to pop my head gasket Ist all better now.

 

[16919]

I will be joining the club as soon as I put mine in too. :-laf

 

[RolandJ]

just get a piece of heater hose that what i hadda do wouldnt line back up at the short piece by the block. I cut a small piece outta the metal pipe and inserted rubber to make up for the play .

 

[jerrethomas]

we heated the drain pipe on my turbo also to try to get it to fit right. In the end i joined the heater hose gang. I work at a diesel shop so we had all kinds laying around. I manged to find a piece of silcone hose and used that. Been holding up for a couple months and no leaks.

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

Mine SPS66 drain line didn't line up good enough, all I had to do was loosen the bolts and clock the turbo a tab bit.

 

[NoSeeUm]

Mine SPS66 drain line didn't line up good enough, all I had to do was loosen the bolts and clock the turbo a tab bit.

I don't know the SPS at all, but I was wondering if some one was going to suggest a little clocking.



Jim

 

[JMachemer]

well its finally on!!!!!

we finished putting everything on the truck last night - 4 hours and an 18 pack of cold ones later. Between myself and my 2 friends, we finally got the turbo and exaust bolted on. The oil return tube was a #@$%! . It did not want to line up with the turbo housing so we beat it (crimped it) in certain areas so it would not make contact with the waste gate assembly - we still have plenty of area for flow to the pan. And in the end, we had to use the ol' heater hose trick.



once i did the 4th check of all the nuts, bolts, clamps ... . i fired it up. It ran ruff for about 15 seconds and then it cleared. I think now it idles smoother and quieter than before. Well of course i had to take it for a spin last night. It was very foggy and wet out. Driving through my neighborhood and putsin' around town i don't think i can tell a difference BUT, once i lay into the go pedal its time. I can tell it has a little bit more lag then the HY, but once it hits about 10lbs it pulls very hard - traction was a problem on the wet road. Is 45lbs of boost the norm for this setup? I swear i see it spike to there when i am pourin' the chilli to her.



once the sun dries up the roads and burns the fog off, i will have to go for another ride today. I've got the COMP on but no wire tapped. I'll have to think about tapping that. Is the old Kauffman's going to have a spring fling

 

[elandon1201]

we finished putting everything on the truck last night - 4 hours and an 18 pack of cold ones later. Between myself and my 2 friends, we finally got the turbo and exaust bolted on. The oil return tube was a #@$%! . It did not want to line up with the turbo housing so we beat it (crimped it) in certain areas so it would not make contact with the waste gate assembly - we still have plenty of area for flow to the pan. And in the end, we had to use the ol' heater hose trick.



once i did the 4th check of all the nuts, bolts, clamps ... . i fired it up. It ran ruff for about 15 seconds and then it cleared. I think now it idles smoother and quieter than before. Well of course i had to take it for a spin last night. It was very foggy and wet out. Driving through my neighborhood and putsin' around town i don't think i can tell a difference BUT, once i lay into the go pedal its time. I can tell it has a little bit more lag then the HY, but once it hits about 10lbs it pulls very hard - traction was a problem on the wet road. Is 45lbs of boost the norm for this setup? I swear i see it spike to there when i am pourin' the chilli to her.



once the sun dries up the roads and burns the fog off, i will have to go for another ride today. I've got the COMP on but no wire tapped. I'll have to think about tapping that. Is the old Kauffman's going to have a spring fling

Congrats!! 45 PSI is exactly what it should be runnin

 

[JMachemer]

just took it for a run on dry pavement .....

this thing really pulls. I just took the wife for a Sunday drive :-laf to see if she could tell a difference - oh she could. It really sets ya back in the seat. And driving around on back roads or in town is not hampered at all by the turbo or injectors.



I can't imagine what it'd be like to be in one of these 600+rwh trucks. I've been in some fast street cars -400+hp 3rd Gen RX-7 , 300ZX twin turbo with over 450 rwh, an all wheel drive Talon that ate Twin Turbo Supras, and an EVO - but nothing with such torque. I'm tring to figure out when i'm gonna run it at Mason Dixon Dragway to see just what kind of #s i'll lay down. I'm hoping for something in the 13's.



so 45lbs of boost. is a stock head able to hold up to that once in a while on the weekends?

 

[DWeiler]

My B1-2 is wastegated at 40psi just to be safe,but studs are in my future,gotta love those 4's

 

[master1578]

Is the old Kauffman's going to have a spring fling

May 19th-20th. There's a thread in the local/regional forum.

 

[Cummins724]

I've got the COMP on but no wire tapped. I'll have to think about tapping that.

You think it runs now! Tap that thing!

 

[bbodammer]

this thing really pulls. I just took the wife for a Sunday drive :-laf to see if she could tell a difference - oh she could. It really sets ya back in the seat. And driving around on back roads or in town is not hampered at all by the turbo or injectors.



I can't imagine what it'd be like to be in one of these 600+rwh trucks. I've been in some fast street cars -400+hp 3rd Gen RX-7 , 300ZX twin turbo with over 450 rwh, an all wheel drive Talon that ate Twin Turbo Supras, and an EVO - but nothing with such torque. I'm tring to figure out when i'm gonna run it at Mason Dixon Dragway to see just what kind of #s i'll lay down. I'm hoping for something in the 13's.



so 45lbs of boost. is a stock head able to hold up to that once in a while on the weekends?

The general rule of thumb is that the stock head gasket should be able to take up to 50psi unless it's flawed to begin with. You should be fine at 45. Mine is wastegated at 42 and it runs hard. I'm glad you like the turbo. PS... you gotta tap that wire:-laf . . it will blow you away