electric oil pump for turbo/supercharger

[lewis_willy2]

basically a swirl pot as a header filled with oil pumped through an electric pump into the charger then back to swirl pot. prob gonna need another pump to pump it back to the swirl pot tho rite?

a friend of mine is going to be using this setup on his g40 polo as he says the pressure will be a constant and will prevent the oil pressure from the engine blowing the oil seals which is an aparent problem on the polos? also he will be able to run a thinner grade of oil?

wots people views. pointless or a good idea?

[lewis_willy2]

http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?s=25539b48fcfd89bc9b32d237d4582594&showtopic=107869&pid=1030800&st=0&#entry1030800

[lewis_willy2]

also an interesting read.

http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/oilsystems.htm

[Coops]

pointless mate, runs fine without, no oil seal blowing issues my end

[lewis_willy2]

ye i didnt think it would be an issue on a turbo however. it does seem oil is blowing past my seal due to a blocked drain. def moving it now. great. sump off jobbie. just need to find some decent fittings to go in the block

[Coops]

how low are u running the oil? run it just above min and shud be fine mate i would of thought? belive bass direct is having same issue

i did aswell, but my drain is in the block itself, above sump and still does it on max level of oil

[lewis_willy2]

really. so in the block where bbpt put it is still too low.

i removed mine off the sump today, blocked the hole off and put it in a plastic bottle. started her up and bobs your uncle my home rebuilt turbo doesnt smoke :D

and has absolutely no play in it :twisted:

[lewis_willy2]

the doesnt smoke bit makes me a lier ^^^^

its smoking big time, it didnt 1st thing this morn but only ran it very briefly. now got it fully idling its clear the seal has sealing issues!!