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Old 05-27-08, 10:34 PM   #20
Dougal
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Originally Posted by Diesel42 View Post
Yah your right. I'm just NOT lookin forward to pulling my leak free oil pan. I've read so many posts regarding the drainage of the turbo. Hoping to convince myself that there's a simpler and perfectly adaquate way to drain(other than the oil pan!). I wonder,just wonder,,,,,, if a guy could drill the hole(oil pan above level), and tig weld a bung, while the pan is still inplace!!! O'kay, blast me, i deserve it!
If the block is thick enough there, you could just drill and tap it just above the oil pan.
Thread in a pipe fitting and bingo.

Then you've just got to flush the filings out of the sump.


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