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== Oil Pan and Oil Feed ==

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You will need to swap over to a Turbo Oil pan or add a bung on the side of the non turbo oil pan for the turbo oil return. To remove the oil pan, With the engine supported on an engine hoist or stand, Remove the Dip Stick and drain all oil from the engine and then remove the 10mm bolts on the outside edge of the pan. Once all bolts are removed you can use a flat screw driver to break the gasket seal and the pan should come off easily. Just replace with the turbo or modified Oil pan using a new Gasket. Please remember, 08/84-01/87 models use a full oil pan gasket and the later 87 and up models us a 2 piece gasket and black RTV sealant to seal the pan to the engine.

''''''''WARNING: DO NOT INSTALL THE DIP STICK BEFORE INSTALLING THE OIL PAN''''''''

The Z31 oil pan has a guide built in for the dip stick to guide it to the correct location in the sump. If you do not remove the Dip stick before installing the oil pan you will bend the dip stick and it will chewed up by the crankshaft counterweights. This is not good as you will have shards of metal in your oil and it can and will damage your engine.

Now you can remove the plug in the lower front on the drivers side of the engine block. This is where your turbo oil supply line is attached using two crush washers and a banjo bolt. the oil feed line will then bolt right up to the block with the bracket.

You can now also move the driver side engine mount to the turbo location at the front of the left (US Driver) Side Block. You will see two holes just above the oil feed hole you unplugged.