water feed for turbo question

  1. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2007 warrington Posts: 722 saxo vts turbo
    #1
    hi were is best to take the water feed of a vts engine for a t25 turbo
    thanks
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2007 Shropshire Posts: 9994 Moonstone Blue 106 GTi
    #2
    needs to be pressure driven so t piece into the thermo stat hose as a feed and the return possible on the bottom hose of the rad?
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  3. Established Member Joined: Oct 2004 Warrington Posts: 1987 AX VTS 57 3.0 TDI A5
    #3
    Thats bypassing the rad then though which might not be ideal. You could probably get away with using the standard oil cooler takeoffs. The water is mostly there to cool the oil, you could actually get away with not having it plumbd in as long as you had good oil, an oil cooler and changed it regularly!
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  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857
    #4
    Its simply a small pipe T off after the rad then in to the header tank.

    edit: Thats in to a header tank after its come out of the turbo core.
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  5. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2007 warrington Posts: 722 saxo vts turbo
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    ive got a oil cooler relocation kit so wont need the old vts cooler thing so i asume by what your saying i can just connect the top rad pipe with the two extra pipe that fed the old oil cooler straight to the turbo and will the flow be ok or will most of the water bypass ....reason i say this is because water takes the fastest route and the vts cooler is badly designed i know it flows round it but it must be fighting its self on the way back up in to the same pipe if you know what i mean........... i have a niessans rad (if thats how its spelt) there is a drain point on that i think that will get it cuirlating through the rad only prob if i wanna change water have to take bottem hose of if i use that as its the turbo drain plug
  6. Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 luton Posts: 1013 saxo vtr turbo
    #6
    the water feed i used for my vtr t2 turbo. one pipe was t pieced to the pipe that comes off the botton of the thermostat. then the other was t pieced at the back just befort the bleed valve if that helps mate
  7. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2007 warrington Posts: 722 saxo vts turbo
    #7
    yes its a help im glad there are a few hardcore saxo turbo people on here that know there stuff . thanks to all the advice it gives me better options and kinda like brainstorming to get the best ideas
  8. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2007 warrington Posts: 722 saxo vts turbo
    #8
    bump..
  9. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2007 Shropshire Posts: 9994 Moonstone Blue 106 GTi
    #9
    well you got a few options

    1 - use the standard oil cooler top hose

    pros - hangs in the right place so easy to sort to turbo
    cons - is it under enough pressure

    2 - t piece the lower thermostat hose and then back to the hose round back need to the bleed point

    pros - under pressure more
    cons - more work

    so up to you really what ever is going to best for you
  10. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2008 Pembrokeshire Posts: 5598
    #10
    After looking at both of these options mate, im going for the header tank idea, as the oil cooler take off for a standard vts top hose would be under more pressure as previously said
  11. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2007 warrington Posts: 722 saxo vts turbo
    #11
    thanks sophia bush and wide-vtr-turbo thats been a big help
  12. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2007 Shropshire Posts: 9994 Moonstone Blue 106 GTi
    #12
    Just make sure whatever you do go ahead with it works with whatever setup you go for as every single setup is different if diy