I had a fuse blow once that powered my oil return pump on my Hellion turbo kit, which made me have to clean all of the piping(pain in the ass!). I then had the return pump motor seize, but luckily noticed the smoke quickly. I had a warning light wired into the power wire feeding the pump, so I knew if the light went off, power was not going to the pump.
I read that Hellion added a light to the Shelby kit to come on if there was a failure with the return pump. I got the part number of the switch they use and ordered it. It is a Hobbs switch, like the one that comes with boost-a-pumps and whatnot, but this one is normally closed, and opens when it see at least 2" of vacuum. The part # is 480-2060-ND I bought it from here SWITCH VACUUM N.C. 2"HG - 077343 02.0HG 01
The Hellion set up drains oil from the turbos to a tank, and then the return pump draws the oil from the tank, and pumps it back to the oil pan. I used an adapter to thread the hobbs switch straight into the opening that isn't used on the top of the tank.
I wired up my old light, and a new light in series to the Hobbs switch, so that if the switch loses vacuum, the lights will come on.
I had the old light down by the light switch, but wanted the new light in a more easily noticed spot, so I added the new light right beside the boost gauge on the column pod.
Tested it out and it worked great. The switch was about $25 and the light was only a couple bucks at the part store, so $30 bucks and an hour of time to install it is pretty worth it for the piece of mind to know the whole system is working alright.
Just wanted to throw this up here to make it easier for anyone else that has to rely on an oil pump for their turbo kit.
I read that Hellion added a light to the Shelby kit to come on if there was a failure with the return pump. I got the part number of the switch they use and ordered it. It is a Hobbs switch, like the one that comes with boost-a-pumps and whatnot, but this one is normally closed, and opens when it see at least 2" of vacuum. The part # is 480-2060-ND I bought it from here SWITCH VACUUM N.C. 2"HG - 077343 02.0HG 01
The Hellion set up drains oil from the turbos to a tank, and then the return pump draws the oil from the tank, and pumps it back to the oil pan. I used an adapter to thread the hobbs switch straight into the opening that isn't used on the top of the tank.
I wired up my old light, and a new light in series to the Hobbs switch, so that if the switch loses vacuum, the lights will come on.
I had the old light down by the light switch, but wanted the new light in a more easily noticed spot, so I added the new light right beside the boost gauge on the column pod.
Tested it out and it worked great. The switch was about $25 and the light was only a couple bucks at the part store, so $30 bucks and an hour of time to install it is pretty worth it for the piece of mind to know the whole system is working alright.
Just wanted to throw this up here to make it easier for anyone else that has to rely on an oil pump for their turbo kit.
