putting my hot air back together

[pisano]

hey i recently changed my head gaskets and im putting engine back together.

im having the worst experiance trying to put the turbo back on and getting the steel oil tube back into the rubber hole anyone with tips or how this is done without me cursing at thin air lol. seriously its making me angry and i aint that type of person :redface:

 

[pisano]

its all together one piece i dont wanna take the elbow off or anything just to make things easiesr but if i gotta do that then its ok il do it

 

[1dollardog]

This may or may not help but when I had to replace mine a few years back I ran into the same issue. I finally found that guiding the oil tube into the hole as or before I guided the turbo into its location helped me. In other words if you mount the turbo and then try to place the oil return into the hole then it makes it more difficult. Someone else may have a better solution though. Good luck.

 

[Jerryl]

hey i recently changed my head gaskets and im putting engine back together.

im having the worst experiance trying to put the turbo back on and getting the steel oil tube back into the rubber hole anyone with tips or how this is done without me cursing at thin air lol. seriously its making me angry and i aint that type of person :redface:

It is a pain, no doubt.
Look a the picture in the first post. It helps a lot!
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/ho.../177665-best-top-3-modifications-hot-air.html

 

[BRAD_PADGETT]

This may or may not help but when I had to replace mine a few years back I ran into the same issue. I finally found that guiding the oil tube into the hole as or before I guided the turbo into its location helped me. In other words if you mount the turbo and then try to place the oil return into the hole then it makes it more difficult. Someone else may have a better solution though. Good luck.

I would add to this that you physically get on top of the engine. In my case the space created by removing the mechanical fan enabled me to stand in the engine compartment. Drop the drain tube while lowering. This approach took me around ten minutes. Brad

 

[pisano]

so i should have the shield that it rests on and the one that goes up the shaft of the turbo hole on there before putting the turbo to rest on them right? its rediculously difficult to do this and i looked at those pictures not sure what u wanted me to look at though

 

[1dollardog]

I would add to this that you physically get on top of the engine. In my case the space created by removing the mechanical fan enabled me to stand in the engine compartment. Drop the drain tube while lowering. This approach took me around ten minutes. Brad

Yes. Very good point. You have to become one with your engine bay haha.

 

[Jerryl]

Look at the hole in the support plate, read the thread, . . . . . . and think about it. :tongue:

 

[keith theriot]

i stretched my drain line as for out as i could and guided it into the hole before putting the turbo in it place

 

[O SO LO]

Like Jerryl says- Try this...

 

[pisano]

ohh i see it now that does look pretty handy to do.
im gonna try to have a friend help me do this sat.

for my vacuum lines i didnt label them like a jackass and now im starting to think im gonna have some trouble i seen the diagrams in basic info but was wondering if anyone has anything simpler to read

 

[O SO LO]

About half of the hole in the picture is covered by th heater lines, when that bolt is removed
it allows quite a bit of room to install the drain hole- plus on this one that bolt hole is moved about
1/2- 3/4" forward of the original location... my .02

 

[O SO LO]

ohh i see it now that does look pretty handy to do.
im gonna try to have a friend help me do this sat.

for my vacuum lines i didnt label them like a jackass and now im starting to think im gonna have some trouble i seen the diagrams in basic info but was wondering if anyone has anything simpler to read

Try this link or you may want to contact Waco84gn (post #36 in the basic info section) - he may have that info on a pdf file...

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[BRAD_PADGETT]

ohh i see it now that does look pretty handy to do.
im gonna try to have a friend help me do this sat.

for my vacuum lines i didnt label them like a jackass and now im starting to think im gonna have some trouble i seen the diagrams in basic info but was wondering if anyone has anything simpler to read

Once you have pulled and replaced the turbo the vacuum lines are really easy. The diagram on the sticky as well as on the fan shroud are easy to read. The diagrams simply do not show length on each line. Make sure you zip tie all lines and while you are at it replace all of them. It will save you time and trouble later. Let us know of any questions. Brad

 

[pisano]

believe it or not i still can not get it in the hole..............

like i said i get help tomorrow and you sure there easy i took the lines out of everything throttle body all that and im trying to read the one in the sticky but it looks chinese to me. im not replacing my turbo i just took it out to change my head gaskets

alot of the lines you cant tell what there really running too look like there merging on the sticky and yea i wanna change all the lines

 

[pisano]

lol i went back to look at the diagram after someone said it was easy to read and all i can think is i wish i was as smart as that guy lol i dont think my car even had alot of stuff to begin with notthing ever ran to a "fuel vapor canistor" what is that??? i used to have a plug on that one cause it sucked air and i had nothing to run it to i put a plug and engine ran smoother

i feel like a retard

 

[pisano]

maybe il print a copy of the diagram and drop my car off at a mechanic and just give up some dollars

 

[pisano]

the best way to show the lines would be like this thing here (picture) connects here (picture) lol if someone ever had the time now that is what id call a good sticky

 

[pisano]

where im at

 

[BRAD_PADGETT]

where im at

All you need is someone to point out the components in the diagram. I will gladly go over them on the phone. Send me a PM with your number and I will call if you like. Brad