[Vwdiesel] New Car, New to Turbos and of course New Question --Getting Closer

[Shawn Wright]

Yes, definitely take a look before going any further - you might be lucky to have the 
KKK style drain line. I was relating the experience with the 85-87 Garrett turbos, 
which represent the worst case scenario in many, many ways. (just try to put one in a 
Vanagon as I'm doing, for instance...).
And yes, you could run a new drain line outside the mount also, but it will likely 
require adapting the pan fitting if it's like mine - the fitting points straight at the notch 
in the mount. 

On 7 May 2005 at 10:35, mikitka <mikitka at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Sounds like yours is different than mine. I have the KKK turbo and it has a nut
> flange that tightens to a tube on the turbo. It is easy to disconnect as well as
> the oil pan nut. There is a bracket with in the back engine mount that the oil
> line is clamped to. It wasn't that hard to get at. At least mine isn't. Yours
> can be different I guess. The room behind the engine is a little tight but my
> big meat skinner hands can manage. You can also look at getting a 27mm or 1 1/16
> crows foot the type of wrench that is just the open end of a wrench and you put
> the drive in it so it makes a shorty wrench or you can put an extension on it
> and it will make a long reach shorty wrench. Does that make sense? Nick
> 
Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy