Turbo oiling system question regarding remote mount filter...
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Turbo oiling system question regarding remote mount filter... Tommorow I'll be putting my custom turbo setup on my car, it's going to Mimick the STS kit but with a larger turbo. For the oiling system I have an external electric oil pump for the return side. I have an inline filter for it to keep garbage out of the engine's oil pan if the turbo were to fail. My question is, does it matter if the oil filter is before or after the electric pump. Keep in mind the return off of the turbo is gravity feed, so I was thinking the filter before the pump would be better to create a reservoir of gravity fed oil for the pump.... does this make sense and does it matter where the filter is, before or after?
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what I mean is the turbo itself has a gravity fed return in which I am hooking up an electric pump to push it back to the oil pan, just need to determine if I put the oil filter after the electric pump or before.
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Originally Posted by slyws6
what I mean is the turbo itself has a gravity fed return in which I am hooking up an electric pump to push it back to the oil pan, just need to determine if I put the oil filter after the electric pump or before.
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You really don't have any gravity feed so I would stop saying you do, it will just confuse everyone.
Gary
