Ryancobaltss

so for the past few days i have been helping a buddy of mine out with installing a turbo on his 2.2 ecotec cobalt. 08 model and he didn't want to tap his engine for the oil feed/drain lines so instead hes gona use an oil catch can to use it like a ''mini'' oil tank for the turbo and just have the lines go to the tank instead of the motor how bad could this turn out? LOL

08baltSS

Not trying to ask a stupid/uneducated question (even though I probably am), but how will the oil cool down?

Ryancobaltss

Thats what i was thinking at first and he told me oil cooler. but then he would need a stand-alone oil pump to get it around the lines i think?

08baltSS

Yeah, for sure. Seems a little illogical to me lol.

Ryancobaltss

im gona have him look at this post in the morning XD im pretty sure he's thinking that if a ''pro-charger'' doesn't need oil lines then a turbo would be like the same thing lol but pro-chargers are no where near the heat of an exhaust.

nwss

why doesnt he just drain it into the oil pan and dont all ecotecs has 3 or 4 taps on the front or back side??

armcclure

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Yes

nwss

post pictures!

rcarr0327

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only thing you have to tap is oil pan for return line or buy a bung and weld that in. you dont need to tap the block for oil, there are 3 spots on the front and back under the head behind the coolant hose that you can use.

LS6Rally

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AFAIK the oil catch can will not work. if you go that route, take a video, i dont think that turbo will last 15 minutes

user 72239

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in b4 blown turbo

buildmeanempire

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Bye bye turbo. Hey, tell your friend if he is down with wasting money to send some my way.

user 72239

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do it right or dont do it at all. hes just being lazy. just tap the damn oil pan

EXsoccer1921

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not sure if trolling....



no, that is not going to work at all. a "catch can" does not actually contain oil. nor is it ever filled with oil to act like a reservoir. and what it IS filled with, i do not want running through my turbo.

2009CobaltLT

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He wasnt really referring to a 'catch can' as much as a reservoir from what it seems. It looks like he wants to run a full oil circulation setup separate from the engine, which would probably work fine. but there is no point in doing that as it is much simpler to pull a galley plug off the back of the block for oil feed and drill/tap pan for oil return

nhanson

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******* idea.