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JohnCO
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Niwot Colo Points: 8992 |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 7:08pm |
Not the right color of yellow but yellow; I've got a Ford 555B backhoe that had a bad engine. Put a new one in and finally got it all together today after over 2 years of it being down. Put the turbo on and pumped some engine oil in it with a squirt can. When I started it up, it started blubbering oil out the exhaust. I didn't use the original return line which was 1/2" as it walked off somewhere. I put a 3/8" line in place and now wonder if it is allowing oil to back up and blow out the seal. Any thoughts? At least I got the expired sheep planted that my neighbor called me about on Friday-was getting pretty big, hoped he wouldn't explode as I rolled him into the bucket. At least that went right... |
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steve(ill)
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 80230 |
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if you figure out the area of the inside of the pipe ( pie * radius xx2) , you will find out that the 1/2 inch tube will actually flow almost TWICE as much oil as the 3/8 tube... don't seem like it when you say 3/8 vs 1/2 inch, but doing the AREA inside , you see a BIG difference.. twice the flow is probably Half the back pressure on the seals.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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steve(ill)
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 80230 |
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and the 3/8 FITTINGS are probably even worse restriction.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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wfmurray
Orange Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Bostic NC Points: 1225 |
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Rule of thumbs. Double the pipe size and increase flow four times.
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JohnCO
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Thanks guys, guess I'll replace the line and see if it works ok, learn something new everyday!
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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 30719 |
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3/8" line will have 1/4(or less) the cross section drain off capability of that 1/2" tube, Will either need to find a tube or step to such as 3/4" id hose to achieve the same results. Cummins changed from hard tube to hose in the 80's, hose was physically three times the outer diameter of the tubes.
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JohnCO
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The old tube was 1/2" copper but it is MIA so I used a 3/8" that I had. May prove to be an expensive mistake if the turbo oil seal has blown out.
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jerbob
Orange Level Joined: 07 Aug 2017 Location: Michigan Points: 961 |
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Good Luck John. |
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DMiller
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Seals on turbos are finnicky things, Might be surprised to see it not leak soon as get drain oil away from it.
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injpumpEd
Orange Level Access Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Walnut IL Points: 4862 |
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get a 1/2"(at least) drain line back on and it should eventually dry up. The seals won't "blow" per say, it just floods the turbo with oil it can't get rid of.
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DMiller
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Personally I would go to a Hydraulic shop, see if they have any 1/2" Hyd Tubing scrap pieces that could be used for this, can bend in a Conduit bender just fine, copper is soft where could get mushed flat and do same thing.
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JohnCO
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You guys rock! I replaced the return line with a piece of 5/8" copper tube along with new fittings and it WORKS! No oil coming out the exhaust. Thanks to you all for the advise. |
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