Oil drain facing the wrong way - what to do?

**MacDiZZle** · 11-10-2009 07:58 PM

Hey Guys,

As a few of you know i have been turboing my civic for a little while now and ive run into a bit of a problem... i have had to rotate the compressor housing to be able to get the turbo on however now my oil drain isnt facing down. I am assuming that this wouldnt work as it is a gravity fed drain. is it ok to rotate the exhaust housing as well in order to reposition the drain in the right direction? i am just worried about putting oil/water feeds out of alignment.

Cheers!

**DLO01** · 11-10-2009 08:06 PM

Compressor/Exhaust/Core should be all sperate from each other. ie. You can rotate each part to suit. Compressor in any position, exhaust in any position, core in any position.

**MacDiZZle** · 11-10-2009 08:08 PM

cheers man!!

**Limbo** · 12-10-2009 04:24 PM

just be carful not to hit the fins when you rotate the turbo

**Webby_roller** · 13-10-2009 11:35 AM

Where about are you located??? My brother had this problem when changing turbos on his TX3... Went down to mazfix and a couple of pennies and they had it done nice a quick... You can do it yourself.. but my brother is kinda mechanically challenged sometimes...

**FastFwd** · 14-10-2009 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by DLO01

Compressor/Exhaust/Core should be all sperate from each other. ie. You can rotate each part to suit. Compressor in any position, exhaust in any position, core in any position.

was about to say the same thing

You can pretty much have your turbo back to front, up down, side to side. They are fairly adjustable...

Hows the car coming along btw?

**Lukezen27** · 15-10-2009 11:27 AM

i rotated mine like 20 times till I got it right

Pain in da ass

**chintami** · 28-11-2009 08:42 PM

hey guys just a qustion regarding the oil drain on honda motors.
so is it as simple as drilling a hole in the sump, welding on a bit for the oil line and then attaching oil line from turbo?

**fat_85_civic** · 28-11-2009 09:52 PM

pretty much, you just need to make sure the line has a constant downwards slope, no kinks and is above the level of oil in the pan.
ave a look at how i done mine, i didnt have to weld anything to the pan