I'm updating my '85 760 Turbowagon to water-cooled Garrett charger and a remote oil filter adaptor from (I think) an '88. I pulled the oil return pipe from a car with the oil-cooled turbo and the remote adaptor. It won't fit! Wants to go through the adaptor body!

I remember reading about a JB weld/flexible hose mod - would it work?

thanks - Dave

TRY www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/6776/oildrain/html. I just did this mod when I took the oil filter from a '90 to use on my '86. I had to slit the top of the hose to make it fit over the down pipe and then used a hose clam real tight to hold it on. The blue tubing will have to bend around the oil filter some how to fit. to change oil I take it loose ( the tubing ) at the block to give a little room to screw the filter on and off. good luck.
ron

Well, we have a fix. The no-fit tube did come off a standard oil filter fitment.
Got down to the pick-n-pull, found an '89 760 turbo & pulled the pipe.

It fits, but I had to take one end of the wastegate actuator off to make room.

For extra points I shortened it by three turns.

Thanks for the response - Dave

More info here- hope it helps :

http://www.brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/EngineTurbo.htm#Turbo_Oil_Return_Pipe_Seal_Replacement
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: 86 244DL, 87 244DL, 88 744GLE: 625K total

Thanks for the reply. The problem is that the pipe, if inserted, would need to penetrate the filter adaptor - and it was taken off a junker with an adaptor & watercooled turbo. The pipe seems to be completly wrong.

cheers - Dave