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Oil return line broke for my 1g

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DSM BoosT

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May 5, 2009
hudson, New Hampshire
Ok so the oil return line on the 13g on my 1g broke while doing my head gasket job, I was wondering if it was ok to run the car and drive it like a couple miles?? I need to get the car out of neighbors garage. Will it mess up the turbo for like 10 minutes of running??? Because I start classed Tuesday and the chances of getting one from extreme psi on the weekend or on MLK day is slim and I need my car for school soooo help me out anyone got one that is close to me??!!!!
 
All your oil will cycle through and ultimately leak out of that one line. the turbo will keep pulling all of the available oil from the motor, and you won't just mess up your turbo, you'll ruin your motor too. At least patch it some how. the ease of how you will do that will depend on the severity of the break.
 
ok well it snapped off of the side where it connects to the head, the metal pipe is stuck inside the brass bolt/nut thing and I cant pull it out, so maybe if i put a hose around the metal line, clamp down by the bottom on the hose then put it around the opening in the head and clamp it it will be a good temp fix to get the car back to my house? ill have pics tomorrow of the broken assembly
 
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