Project Rainbow Unicorn 2013

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Been cruising it lately and found that the low oil light comes on more than I like. Unsure of if I am running too little oil, or its just a lousy pan.

At some point, I should pull the damn pan lol

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Some tame 2 step action

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Also wired in my boost dial, this way I can change the tune on the fly

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Finally ditched the dream of a draft style PCV can (pulls vacuum between air filter and turbo inlet) [Doesn't work too well once you have a very efficient air filtyer]

Used one of the ports on the intake


Check valve so I don't pressurize the catch can.


Pulls a lot of vacuum across the top end of motor, so thats a start.

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Boredom hits hard

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Well, had a dream I could fix my lack of working dipstick over this weekend. Lesson there, there's never hope when working on LTX cars.



Tried my best to be safe working on gravel, snagged some scrap home depot wood for 7 bucks and made some bases.





You can see here how the lokar cable was sitting on this flat piece and the "tongue" part of the dipstick was stuck udner that lip.


In the end, I managed to properly measure how much oil is needed before it hits windage tray. Which for anyone who is concerned, is 6.25 qts, and with a full oil filter, system total is 7qt.

Downside, I could not manage to make the lokar dipstick work, would not clear past the main cap. So amazon claims to be delivering a OEM one today and maybe it will work.

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As a Sunday update, amazon pulled thru and the OEM dipstick tube fits (after trimming) and the OE style dipstick now touches oil and comes out.

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Been without a dipstick since 2012, hurray for stock upgrades!

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Tinkering strikes again

For those keeping count, now its a BMW coolant pump, and a Volvo PS pump.

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