I'll be startring the engine after a turbo replacement. I know to crank it for a while to get oil into the turbo. But, I'm concerned about the oil pickup line from the pump into the oil pan. Is there a way to make sure that line is clear and not plugged up. I can't really see any sludge looking into the oil drain hole on the bottom. What ways do we have to chack and clean the oil system without taking the pan off? If I take off the oil pump, can I flush oil down into the pan from there? Just a thought.

Does anyone have a good diagram of the oil flow?

 

only sure way is to take the oil pan off because the pick up pipe is also a filter

 

Can you see the pick up line from the oil drain hole?

 

I think you can do seafoam too