Need another port to feed Banks turbo besides the sending unit and bell housing near filter.

[fordv840]

Hi all,
I did some searching and there is some good info about what I am asking but I need to be 100% sure on where to tap this turbo into. Here is my major malfunction besides the mental one!

Everything was going well with the install, got to the point to removing the plug from the block that banks and most of you say to tap into, well, that’s where things went off the rails…..

1. First the pipe plug head, sheared off in the square drive socket.
2. Headed and PB blasted for days.
3. Drilled plug and put an extractor in there but could not get good purchase on the extractor because of the lack of room to get it jammed in there.
4. Put a pry bar against the frame and the socket wrench on the extractor but and broke a 5/16” extractor bit in the plug.

Heated and PB blasted a few more days.

5. Today welded nuts onto the end of the entire mess but they just keep shearing off. I think whoever put this plug in must have cross treaded it and just jammed it home! So I gave up today. I thought, maybe I can tap into the old sending unit location which is now plugged but I cannot get to it as the up pipe is over it.

That leaves me with the need to find another port to tap into and my confusion. I see the other plugs in the block along the oil pan and I read some discussion about using those for an oil pressure gauge etc.

Is there enough flow there to feed a turbo as well?

Is it the same flow as the port on the bell housing?

It seems the factory and most aftermarket turbo setups feed oil from the port on the drivers side bell housing (my broken plug) or the old oil pressure sending port on the rear on the intake area.

Sorry for the novel but just want to be clear and share my pain! I have spent more time on this plug than the entire turbo install! Lol

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Is there enough flow there to feed a turbo as well?

Is it the same flow as the port on the bell housing?

I believe that the answer to both is yes. These engines were designed with 8 internal oil leaks called piston cooling jets. Those squirt an stream of oil onto the bottom of your pistons to help cool them off. Your engine can do that and still have enough oil flow for a turbo. I don't see why the other externally plugged oil gallies can't supply enough oil flow.
My opinion is that the bellhousing plug is used for it's easy access. The one for the oil sender is used for it's location close to the turbo for a shorter feed line.

 

[Rocknit4x4]

If you get real desperate I think you can buy an oil filter adapter that threads onto the oil filter port (oil filter then threads into adapter) and the adapter gives you a port on the supply and discharge side of the filter. Seen these for gas applications, I am assuming they exist for our filters as well.

 

[fordv840]

I believe that the answer to both is yes. These engines were designed with 8 internal oil leaks called piston cooling jets. Those squirt an stream of oil onto the bottom of your pistons to help cool them off. Your engine can do that and still have enough oil flow for a turbo. I don't see why the other externally plugged oil gallies can't supply enough oil flow.
My opinion is that the bellhousing plug is used for it's easy access. The one for the oil sender is used for it's location close to the turbo for a shorter feed line.

Thanks, you put my mind at ease. I watched a few videos of the engine rebuilds also and I feel you are correct. Now to get a longer feed line and get behind that cooler! I appreciate the quick response!

 

[fordv840]

If you get real desperate I think you can buy an oil filter adapter that threads onto the oil filter port (oil filter then threads into adapter) and the adapter gives you a port on the supply and discharge side of the filter. Seen these for gas applications, I am assuming they exist for our filters as well.

Hi Rocknit,
For sure, I considered this as well if the other ports were not an option. That is a good idea, I also thought about an oil filter relocation kit as those usually have a few ports to tap off of. I think your idea is better however.

 

[03wr250f]

just t off the oil pressure sensor at the back of the intake

 

[fordv840]

just t off the oil pressure sensor at the back of the intake

Not possible, the uppipe is right on top of it. I put a plug in the old port and the cast iron up pipe is less than a 1/4" above it. I can't even get my finger in there. One of the steps in the install procedure is to remove the stock sender and plug the hole. Now I know why. That cast up pipe is pretty big and goes right over it.