Turbo Water Feeds

[Nicely]

Well, replaced the turbo water feeds with braided hoses at the weekend. With the turbo still on.... Its quite fiddly, but possible (so long as the heat shields are off).

This was the leaky bugger...

 

[S15R]

why is this happening? to you and ming
UK weather?

 

[Nicely]

They're renowned for it over here....so quite possibly. I have a fair idea what caused mine. It was probably when I had to drive over a baby deer a few months ago (already road kill) and it impacted on the exhaust. That would have pulled on the downpipe and turbo. The movement would have been enough to crack the join on the pipe.

 

[Topper]

Have you replaced hard pipes with braided hoses??

 

[Nicely]

:nod:

Not the oil feed though. That's impossible to do without taking the turbo off...

 

[elizium]

They're renowned for it over here....so quite possibly. I have a fair idea what caused mine. It was probably when I had to drive over a baby deer a few months ago (already road kill) and it impacted on the exhaust. That would have pulled on the downpipe and turbo. The movement would have been enough to crack the join on the pipe.

Lucky escape for you... I hit an 8 pointer with my Z the first year I had it... it was very messy indeed....

Of course my next question is whether you went back and had venison for supper!

 

[Nicely]

Tempting though it may have been, the reason I hit it was because I was in the inside lane of a dual carriageway and couldn't move over to avoid it because of the traffic on the outside. Scraping it off the road wouldn't have been fun...

 

[Topper]

Lucky that wasnt me or i would have collected it in my front bumper

 

[elizium]

Scraping it off the road wouldn't have been fun...

Mashed road kill... saves having to chew :hurl:

 

[sushiming]

what do u ur hose look like??
yeh iam guessing mine was from when the guy hit me from behind and shocked it but the insurance wouldnt pay for it....

 

[Topper]

Why not?? Surely that is coverd by your insurance??

Or are they saying it was not caused by the accident??

 

[sushiming]

they said it was cause by wear from driving....

 

[Chris S15]

mine is gone too. SOoooo..i went and bought a complete oil & water kit. Stainless steel braided kit i say! =)

The stock ones are very prone to cracking and breaking, coz it's not a flexible pipe.

Awesome! getting it all put in with my new stainless manifold and new turbo. sweet!