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Old 03-17-2013, 05:20 PM   #2
cramblit26
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Default Re: Turbocharge a 10hp Diesel....WHAT?!?

So after we got the engine, the turbo, and the box of goodies all unloaded, he took charge of the piping, and I got to work cutting this, drilling holes here, and tapping holes there....
The first issue I noticed was for the oil return line. I planned on using one of the two dip stick holes, not an issue right? Wrong. I couldn't find a suitable way to return the oil to the crank case via that hole because it seemed like no one had a brass barbed nipple that fit. I don't like to wait. So I cut out some of the handle on the existing dipstick drilled and tapped a hole through it and fit a 1/8" brass pipe...Viola!!! It worked.
Next issue was how to not to pressurize the crank case.... I learned this from one of the many youtube videos where people started to turbocharge their air-cooled diesel but seemed they never finiised. So I took off the valve cover and found the PCV Valve, you can see it in the pics. Right next to it was a crank case vent, that is where I drilled and tapped another hole to run a hose to the air intake(before the turbo).
It's almost as if this engine was designed for a turbo, because on the back was a plug for oil outlet, it was to the right of the oil pump cover, and the oil feed line hardware was the same exact size (Got lucky I guess).
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