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Old 17 March 2010 | 10:23 PM
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Spent today getting it back together, everything what well until I tightened up the lower turbo oil feed banjo and it snapped!!! now this could have been a major problem but fortunately I managed to remove the broken piece, I fitted a another banjo bolt and new copper washers, result.

A few other small problems like the MAF plug not reaching the repositioned MAF some re-wiring sorted this and a bit of messing with the carbon can pipes (this is now in the bin) then it's ready to start, it fired straight up and settled to a nice even idle then it pi###d all it's oil all over the drive!!! after I'd thrown a bag of cement on the not inconsiderable oil patch I investigated the oil leak, it's coming from the lower turbo oil feed banjo!!!! maybe I've not got away with snapping the bolt.
So I check it for tightness ans it's tight, I changed the copper washers and re-tightened it, tried again (this time with a bucket under it just in case) just as well I d?id because it's still pi####g out.
So I take it off again and I can't see a reason for it to be leaking, a new banjo bolt and copper washers it shouldn't leak but it is??? what am I missing? one thing I noticed is the size of the hole in the top oil feed banjo it's tiny!!! more like a pin hole, is this right? because I'm thinking it could be causing excess back pressure and forcing the oil out of the lower feed, also what type of sealing washer should be used ? I'm using copper washers but the ones that came off had a rubber/plastic sealing ring inside the metal washer, should I be using these instead of copper ?
if there's nothing wrong with the pipe/banjos/washers then I'm faced with the possibility that the threads or mating surface are damaged, anyone any thoughts on this ? any insight welcome
Old 18 March 2010 | 11:49 AM
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Make sure you have not clipped the plastic cap that go on the end of the cam case near the turbo!! They have a cap fitted for when the cam case was originally machined that can be knocked in with not much force..I had this problem when fitting a new up pipe!
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