Looking for some help. I have the engine out of my 2013 doing multiple things and one of them is a turbo upgrade. Both turbo oil feed lines are stuck in the block and I already snapped one off trying to get it out. I am looking for ideas on how to get both of them out. One thought is that if I drop the oil pan I can see the backside and could push it out but no sure if that is the case. Any ideas.
Oil Feed Line stuck in block
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Do you mean oil drain lines? I know the rear oil feed line uses a quick release connector at the top of the head. The release tool is attached to the line. You can also just unscrew the quick release connector from the head and reinstall it with thread seal (I did that). If you mean oil drain lines, the front one (Bank 2) goes to the oil pan but even if you dropped the pan, you can't really get to the back side with a tool (there is a baffle in front of the hole) and you might mess up the sealing surface. The rear (Bank 1) oil drain line goes into the block. I did remove my front line with vise grips and a pry bar (twist and pull is the motion). It got a little banged up and was reusable but I replaced it. They are just held in with the friction of two o-rings.
I may have the names mixed up but yes its the line that has the 2 o-rings and goes to the bottom of the turbo. The line for the front turbo snapped at the block while I was trying to pull it out. The rear turbo line is still intact. I am replacing both but don't want to snap the rear or damage anything else trying to get the front one out.
Sho time in NJ
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Can you post pics of what's going on?
Texas Marauder
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Sho time in NJ
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Thank you for this pic. I was wondering what the OP's issue looked like. If there was any pipe left to pull on.
so it snapped off right at the block. I got it out. I drilled and tapped the head of a bolt so I could thread my slide hammer into it. then I threaded the bolt into the pipe and popped it out with the slide hammer.
Sho time in NJ
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Great job! Now I know if it ever happens to me.
