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Offline 1.8t.jim

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ko3 turbo hanging on by what?
« on: 09 September 2012, 21:24 »
started this after noon getting my ko3 turbo out ready for a ko3s, ive got all the bolts out of the turbo, left the manifold on, disconnected oil retun pipe, drained the coolant, its just hanging on now by something, ive disconnected the coolant pipes i just cant seem to find where it was hanging on to ?? so im going have another go tommorrow i have completely removed the downpipe and exhaust, i no its got an oil feed somewhere and i havent actually found this, could this be what it is hanging by? can anybody give me advice on this please :)

Offline Chris.

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Re: ko3 turbo hanging on by what?
« Reply #1 on: 09 September 2012, 22:55 »
Oil and coolant feed is on top of the turbo.

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Re: ko3 turbo hanging on by what?
« Reply #2 on: 15 September 2012, 14:20 »
Remove the manifold. I recently had to take off my mates k03s and found it a bit of a pig to do.
Not really a job I would hurry myself to do again
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Offline Chris#101

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Re: ko3 turbo hanging on by what?
« Reply #3 on: 15 September 2012, 14:31 »
Theres a supporting bracket underneath the turbo thats attached to the block :wink:


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