Turbo Goose Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Basically to save me £35 I made my own oil feed at work with banjo fittings, braided line and some oetiker clips. Its run fine for about 1k miles then today MASSIVE amounts of smoke and flames from under the bonnet on way home. Oil feed popped off and dumped a litre of oil all over the engine and the heat wrap caught fire. Lucky had a bit of water in my boot! Id say I ran for half mile max with oil pissing lut and it got down to just over 2 litres in the engine. Im pretty certain i wouldnt have damaged anything plus i was off boost so turbo should be fine.Moral of the story is, dont fork out on a full td04 kit and mapping then cut silly corners on small bit very important parts. IDIOT!Only issue is ive got to clean the whole engine bay. Doh Quote
TimD Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Sounds like you got off lightly!I was really worried about the hoses I made up, in the end I had them pressure tested at my local hydraulics place for peace of mind. Quote
Turbo Goose Posted August 23, 2014 Author Posted August 23, 2014 I got all the bits through work from a hydraulics place and put 2 clips on each side to hold it securely. FAIL Quote
russ78 Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 really lucky there buddy moral of that story is, do everything right first time, engines don't seem to like running very well without oil lol Quote
pockrockgtti Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 If you went to the trouble of getting the bits from a hydraulics place why didnt you get them to swage the fittings one. I got one made to measure at a local firm cost a £10 all in. Quote
mikey4410 Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 I have made all my own lines etc In the past and used daily never had issues.but yeah im glad your all ok and it didnt go downhill rapidly.u got off lightly Quote
5T4R7ET N/A Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Never skimp on oil feed or returns. I have two clips on the return, so I should not come off. Quote
Ryan5793 Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 I've just made one for mine now im going to be forever paranoid lol Quote
Phil Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 made you own feed? Pfft. if you wanna feel nervous make your own brake lines!!! frightening id have to say. Phil Quote
Ryan5793 Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 ^^ know the feeling mate, bleeding mine tomorrow should be interesting lol Quote
Turbo Goose Posted August 24, 2014 Author Posted August 24, 2014 Pockrock, the reason they didnt swage the fittings is so I could get the oil feed to the perfect size then make the ends off myself. A guy in a landrover pulled over and said do I want a toe. I was like, ye mate, i do actually lol. Worked out nice.Sat on drive with blanket underneath atm Quote
Turbo Goose Posted August 24, 2014 Author Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) Made some brake lines for my 306 i had. Got all copper tubing, fittings and flaring tools from work. The joys of working in plant maintenance Edited August 24, 2014 by Haresign Quote
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