The oil lines to your turbo's what is the price on replacing them?

 

Just found out that mine are leaking as well, so I am gonna bump this ****...has anyone replaced their oil lines and how difficult is this?

 

Is it the actually oil lines or just the $1 crush ring??? I'd guess you just need to replace the crush ring unless you've done something to damage the line. They are metal lines.

STEPHEN

 

Depends on the price per hour for labor, but I had mine done a few years back for around $1100 for parts and labor.

If you have the time and tools, do it yourself. The parts are cheap and this forum is a wealth of knowledge.

 

HOLY **** MAN THAT IS FREAK'N INSANE!!!!!!

If most of that was labor they charge about the same to replace the motor at the dealership.....which requires you to unbolt the turbos...hence the oil feed/drain lines. Maybe a lot of that $ was for the lines themselves.

Its a bitch of a job but I cant imagine anything is wrong with the lines themselves unless you've damaged them or cloged them up with trash. Like I said, they are metal lines and more than likely they just need a new crush ring.

As a matter of fact since they use crushrings, sometimes your can just tighten the bolt a little more and it'll crush into the ring enough to stop a leak.....if thats your prob

STEPHEN

 

After looking at my lines with the car on the lift it seems that there are 4 of those "Crush Rings" ...two leading to each turbo...(brass looking rings right?) looks like the job almost requires removal of the DP and pulling the turbos to get to the two that are on the engine side of the turbos...

My mech is not a rotary guy and he was wondering since the oil lines were metal if they had any play in the to just replace the brass ring...My answer was "I don't know, let me ask the forum! "

what do y'all think?

 

There are three metal lines going to the turbos. The oil line is the one at the top. The two on the side (dp side and engine side) are water pipes. I just had my turbos off and think you can get to the oil line bolts from the top by removing the Y pipe and back turbo inlet. If that is what is leaking they are copper crush washers and you might be able to fix it by tighting the bolt a little more. There is a metal shield that covers the oil pipe that attaches on the engine of the turbo and I think you need to remove the turbo to remove that shield so replacing the washers might not be so easy.

 

Ok...I guess a new thread is in order cuz the others really don't have a suitable subject line to attract folks...

How tough is replacing the oil line gaskets...the 4 brass looking gaskets that attach to the turbos...two to each turbo...looking from under the car I can tell that teh DP would have to be removed for one of them to be replaced...

Has anyone done this and have any imput on what has to be pulled...do the metal lines have enough play to replace the gaskets with everything in place?

thanks

 

Opps. thought I started a new thread...sorry!

 

so there is still no answer to the orginal question. i don't think they are that expensive, but if anyone has the part numbers and prices please post.

it is a good idea to replace these lines when doing the turbo because its cheap insurance against crap that has built up inside of them. anecdotal evidence suggests that this happens more frequently than you might think.

 

I gave an answer above. I had it done a few years ago at a deal. Parts (with gaskets) totalled around $140, labor was around $1000 (I'm just rounding off the amounts that I keep from the receipt).

Granted, this was about 4 years ago at a dealership, so prices will vary depending on who does the work and where you get the parts.