Installing Evo III 16g right NOW!!!

[jibberishballr]

So we have the turbo out and almost all the lines disconnected and were having trouble with the upper hard oil line. Its connected still and cant get it off. Its the last thing we need to disconnect then we can put the new stainless steel line in. Help Please!!

 

[92awddsm]

Let me send my e-vicegrips to you so you can het it off.

Are you trying to disconnect it from the oil filter housing or from the turbo? If from the turbo, just cut it because you wont be reusing it on the 16g. If from the oil filter housing, vicegrips work great.

 

[jibberishballr]

Let me send my e-vicegrips to you so you can het it off.

Are you trying to disconnect it from the oil filter housing or from the turbo? If from the turbo, just cut it because you wont be reusing it on the 16g. If from the oil filter housing, vicegrips work great.

Yea we just broke it off. Now were working on getting the ss oil line in and having trouble because the bolts arent fitting with our wrenches or sockets...weird. We tried 10mm 11mm 12mm and then even some none metrics like 7/16 but nothings working. ?

 

[EclipseTrbo420A]

Yea we just broke it off. Now were working on getting the ss oil line in and having trouble because the bolts arent fitting with our wrenches or sockets...weird. We tried 10mm 11mm 12mm and then even some none metrics like 7/16 but nothings working. ?

Adjustable wrench possibly? GoodLuck man !

 

[jibberishballr]

Well we got em off and they were just really rounded. And of course as soon as they come off and the lower oil line its an OIL EXTRAVAGANZA!!! So that sucked. Now were putting the new one on and the turbo should be on soon. All thats left after that is reconnecting everything!!

 

[captd108]

flare wrenches, from sears hardware...otherwise ## most likely gonna be stripping

 

[perley03]

um yea since gravity kicks in you just created a siphon line for your oil pan.... oh well you gotta change the oil anytime soon????
that sucks you got oil all over the place though.

 

[RiceKiller_TSi]

Buy more tools! Especially sockets and breaker bars.

 

[jibberishballr]

One more thing. Im going to be putting my MBC in and was trying to figure how to adjust the stupid thing. I mean were should the nut be compared to the end of the controller. When i turn it the nut goes down until it touches the body of the controller. So i guess my question is where should the nut be on the controller when i first start adjusting boost?

I put a pic...crappy but showes kinda what i mean.

 

[bluetlr2001]

I think if its all the way open (unscrewed most the way) its going to be less boost. Someone correct me if im wrong. But i would tyr it open first and go from there.

 

[jibberishballr]

Ok one more ?. Thanks for all the help guys. Were putting the turbo on and we cant find a new gasket for the 02 housing to the turbo. Do we need a new one. The old one doesnt look that good.

 

[92awddsm]

Tighten the nut against the body of the mbc. That nut is used as a jamb nut to lock the adjustment screw in place.

 

[jibberishballr]

Tighten the nut against the body of the mbc. That nut is used as a jamb nut to lock the adjustment screw in place.

Thanks for the info. Well my 02housing to turbo gasket is cracked and i need a new one and no one in town carries it. So now ill have to order one online i guess. Any other things i could do?

 

[jibberishballr]

Ordered one online and it should be here within a week. Ill update on how the rest of the install goes once the gasket arrives.

 

[EclipseTrbo420A]

Ordered one online and it should be here within a week. Ill update on how the rest of the install goes once the gasket arrives.

Run wiht out it for a week...no biggie, just no leakes before the turbo, but I minor leak IF it even does isnt a big deal there.

 

[jibberishballr]

Run wiht out it for a week...no biggie, just no leakes before the turbo, but I minor leak IF it even does isnt a big deal there.

Is this a good idea?

 

[kenamond]

Is this a good idea?

If it's the stock O2 housing, you won't be able to separate the O2 from the turbine housing without pulling the turbine housing/O2 combo back off (you can't get at all of the bolts/nut with the combo installed). If this is the case and you can wait for the new gasket, wait. You can always crawl under and see if you can get a wrench on each of the O2 housing bolts, but I recall that one was impossible to reach. Perhaps it's not too bad to disconnect the turbine housing from the mani and center section so that you can leave the rest of the turbo in place. Others will know.

 

[jibberishballr]

If it's the stock O2 housing, you won't be able to separate the O2 from the turbine housing without pulling the turbine housing/O2 combo back off (you can't get at all of the bolts/nut with the combo installed). If this is the case and you can wait for the new gasket, wait. You can always crawl under and see if you can get a wrench on each of the O2 housing bolts, but I recall that one was impossible to reach. Perhaps it's not too bad to disconnect the turbine housing from the mani and center section so that you can leave the rest of the turbo in place. Others will know.

Well i got the whole turbo off and the 02 housings just sitting there. I could reconnect the new turbo and it would fit just by bolting on but the idea of doing that without a gasket scares me!!

 

[kenamond]

Well i got the whole turbo off and the 02 housings just sitting there. I could reconnect the new turbo and it would fit just by bolting on but the idea of doing that without a gasket scares me!!

The question is whether you could put it all together now without the gasket and then pull just the O2 housing off later to install the gasket when it comes in the mail. I'm pretty sure you'll have problems getting the O2 housing back off without also pulling the turbine housing off. As I recall, on the 16g the turbine housing is connected to the center section by a clamp, so in theory you could disconnect the clamp, unbolt the downpipe, unbolt the turbine housing from the exhaust manifold, then pull the turbine housing+O2 housing off together, separate them on a workbench, put the new gasket in, then reinstall the pair.

If you have an exhaust leak after the turbine housing, I don't think it will hurt anything except your emissions, but if it's bad enough, it might cook something in your engine bay. It might be worth it to post a separate thread asking about temporarily running without that gasket to see what other folks say.

Good luck!

 

[5150DSM]

It's a minor exhaust leak, it won't kill you. The housing is kind of a pain to get off on it's own but all you really need is a universal and an extension. If you don't need to drive the car then wait for the gasket, if you need to drive you can.

 

[Dream On]

Instead of waiting for a gasket, I would just use high temp. Copper RTV. That's what I plan to use and have seen many people recommend it.

 

[jibberishballr]

Well i decided on waiting for the gasket and it should be here tomorrow but im going camping so it will have to wait for a few days. I also had one more mbc question. What do i do with the BCS and the lines running to it now that im using the mbc?

 

[kenamond]

Well i decided on waiting for the gasket and it should be here tomorrow but im going camping so it will have to wait for a few days. I also had one more mbc question. What do i do with the BCS and the lines running to it now that im using the mbc?

Remove the whole lot of vac lines connecting to the BCS. Leave the BCS installed and plugged in to dodge a CEL. Cap the nipples on the BCS if you ever want to return the car to stock to sell it, or you'll get crap in there over time. Cap the nipple on the intake pipe that used to connect to the BCS vac line that ran from the compressor outlet. Run the new MBC between the compressor outlet nipple and the wastegate solenoid where the BCS used to be connected.