Water line question

[RandyRhydah]

hey guys asking on behalf of a mate, we are both turbo noobs.

where do we tap the water lines for a turbo from on a sir b18c?

also will it be fine to run the car with the turbo on without the water lines for 5 minutes to get to the radiator shop to get the water lines actually hooked up? were not comfortable messing around to much with the cooling system.


thanks for any advice

[MR-VTEC]

you can get block plugs from the US - search honda-tech, millions of threads on there about this subject.

if you don't wanna do that, you can tap into the coolant lines feeding the fitv or iacv and for the drain you can just get a fitting for the drain bung in your radiator ;)

[RandyRhydah]

thanks heaps will look into it

[kccord]

GOddamn nobody said heater hose yet. First of all, your turbo center catridge should be slightly on an angle.

Place a Tee on the heater hose inlet before the valve (temp adjustment) -> this line will connect to the lower water port of your turbo
Place a Tee on the heater hose outlet -> this line will connect to the upper water port of your turbo

Easy.

[DLO01]

Easiest way is to knock 2 things off with one stone:

Use the water lines that go the the Throttle Body. Disconnect them and run them to the turbo. You can run the turbo without water if your just going down the road. I'm sure you have your oil lines all connected up?

[Limbo]

Exactly as DL001 says
Yeah the oil lines are also important. Just make sure you get a restrictor on the oil lines otherwise your turbo will spew oil

[RandyRhydah]

oil lines definatly hooked up.. my mate has a new problem going to post thread