Ok well first; do i need to prime it? or can i just hook it strait into the turbo and turn the car over? or should i hold it off to the edge in a cup or something till i get some drippage? just curious. thanks. This is the only thing i have to complete when i get my car outta the shop (valve replacement). oh and the fan but thats easy.

 

unplug the battery to the car so that you don't get a spark and start the car, then put the oil line in a zip lock back, crank the car for 5 seconds, no more, then wait about 20 seconds. then do it again, then wait, then again and wait, over and over making sure not to crank more than 5 seconds at a time and waiting about 20 in between each, this insures that you don't mess up anything. once oil comes out into the bag you can hook the line up to the turbo and crank it over.

 

like hotshot said you do want to do this into a cup or bag to ensure oil flow... then connect it to the turbo.

As for disconnecting the battery that will make it hard to crank over

Rather just disconnect the coil packs as well as the fuel pump connector... That way you aren't putting fuel into the cylinders while your cranking and there will be no spark. You'll be covering both things that allow the car to start and avoiding any problems that could occure if it did.

Ensure while cranking you do take breaks to let the starter cool... i do 10 seconds on and then 30 off. It can take about 4-5 cranks or more to get the oil up to the turbo.

 

Yeah lol I was laughing at Hotshot's method of disconnecting the battery ... yeah but disconnect your spark plugs wires / coil packs so that the car wont turn over and then tturn the key to get the oil flowing thru the turbo.

 

yeah my bad sorry i was tired last night at...3 am...but anyway yeah i was thiking that if you unplug the battery it will still crank just won't start. i think that's what i was thinking...anyways, yeah, just disconnect coil packs then do the crank over thing, then make sure you get the right plugs back on the right backs so you don't fry anything.

 

This should be done everytime you change the oil?

 

I would think so b/c when you change oil you've gotta be making some air holes somewhere......i would do it just to be safe; i did it when i changed my oil yesterday; it even took my a little while to get it back primed....

 

So a Jiffy Lube oil change wouldn't be a good idea for a factory EVO I guess.

 

I don't think it's necessary. You're only priming it just so you check if there is oil going through the feeder line. The turbo will be lubed the next time you changed your oil so I don't think it's necessary. The rrm instructions didn't say to do it anyway. You'll probably mess up your started if you keep doing that.

 

This is exactly what I was thinking but I just wanted to double check. I'm trying to take every little percaution so that my car can last.

ROCK/Boe can we get a confirmation on this.

 

You dont need to do it when you change your oil... the initial time is to lube the turbo and get the oil flowing thru the lines to the turbo, so that when you start the car, there is no "dry spot". For an oil change, there is already oil in the entire system so priming it wont matter. Remember you are not changing ALL the oil in the system, just most.

 

Thanks.