coolant passage block off??

[bigbrdf250]

92 tsi awd, getting a sbr g-60 turbo on this week. this turbo is only oil cooled, most know that the t-stat housing has 2 small line/tubes that connect hoses to the original turbo lines/water pipes. so my questions are....

1. off the t-stat housing i have 2 nipples off of it, can i just put a hose and bolt and plug them up individually??

2. or run a short hose with no kinks to and from those 2 to make a loop that allowsflows??

3. also on the water pipe, the farthest right nipple near alternator can i just attach a hose and plug that one up too or do i need to route it to the original location on the housing?? the middle line on the water pipe that goes directly to the turbo i have already eliminated by pluging the tube with a bolt from extreme psi(by the way does this bolt need a gasket/crush washer. or use teflon??)

thanks guys

 

[zonerdck]

I had the same situation and what I did was use these little rubber caps from auto zone to cap of the thermostat housing.

For the water pipe I had it welded up to avoid issues.

I haven't seen any adverse side effects so far but I also changed out the radiator at the same time so it would be hard to tell the difference in actual cooling ability.

 

[SexyDSM95]

Those nipples and lines kept rotting on me so I just invested in a N/T water pipe and lower thermostat housing which do not have those ports. One of the cleanest ways to go about it and would be a direct swap out so no down time.

I have also read people crushing the ports with a pair of vice grips then capping it off.