# oil drain turbo concern

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [November 4, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-drain-turbo-concern/19720 "2006-11-04T15:26:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-drain-turbo-concern/19720/7 "2006-11-04T16:41:03Z")

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> [@The\_Russian](#):
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> assuming turbos work like i think they do, why not just switch the lines so it flows the other way. (i have no turbo knowledge)

> [@The\_Russian](#):
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> **(i have no turbo knowledge)  
> (i have no turbo knowledge)  
> (i have no turbo knowledge)  
> (i have no turbo knowledge)  
> (i have no turbo knowledge)  
> (i have no turbo knowledge)  
> (i have no turbo knowledge)  
> (i have no turbo knowledge)**

then why are you talking?

i’d say it’s safe to assume that you don’t know _anything_ about _anything_, so please STFU

or, option number B: kindly cut off your hands at the wrists, at least the resultant pencil in mouth keyboard poking may just ebb the flow of consistently shitty posts.

no, you cannot do that. It’s a journal bearing inside the turbo, look here:

![http://www.efunda.com/DesignStandards/bearings/images/BJ4_oil_lift_journal_brng_1.gif](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/9/e/9ec98952e0dda7eb81e1cb8f63534af5394c2158.gif)

that’s how it works, try running that in reverse…

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