Also,
I've had my up-rated core to fit since November but not really had chance to fit it. So I took advantage of the lovely weather we've been having over the last couple of weeks and cracked on with it.
Its completely brand new with staggered oil seals (for running higher boost and low back pressure exhaust) and professionally balanced.
Cant say the box wasn't well boxed in the box for the box...
Gave the VNT mechanism a good strip down and clean while I was there.
After:
All re-assembled and setting the actuator up with a vacuum pump:
While I was at it I wanted to re-do the oil drain. It worked the way it was but was far from ideal so it was sump off time!
Modified a standard ZS oil drain to bolt up to the sump and made a custom gasket:
Found some pipe perfect for the job:
I then needed something to bolt to the turbo and discovered this accidentally on ebay. Its the drain from an earlier 420d which has a much longer corrugated section, perfect for the job!
It came like this:
And I modified it to this:
Completed it looks like this:
New genuine sump gasket and fresh oil and filter at the same time:
To blank the original hole in the block, the local hydraulic shop sorted me out with this:
I also got around to fitting my new splitter, a sneak peak here:
Ill take some pics of it from the visible side when I've given the car a polish.