Blowing a little oil from front of IC
12-20-05, 07:48 PM
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Blowing a little oil from front of IC
Out of 1 of the small holes toward the top... (I have a Greddy SMIC)
I don't remember ever seeing this until last few days....
any ideas?
I don't remember ever seeing this until last few days....
any ideas?
12-20-05, 09:06 PM
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Well it's not good that you IC's leaking anything. If there's oil coming out of your IC, then that means there's probably oil inside the elbo, y-pipe and IC pipes. This is a good sign of turbo's on there way out. take off your pipes and have a look at the amount of oil.
Check your engine oil level more often as this will sometimes result in faster oil consumption.
Also, in some cases with bad turbo's the car will smoke a bluish color between shifts, warm up and excessive boosting.
Check your engine oil level more often as this will sometimes result in faster oil consumption.
Also, in some cases with bad turbo's the car will smoke a bluish color between shifts, warm up and excessive boosting.
12-20-05, 09:42 PM
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Kinda what I was thinking as they are pretty old compared to the rest of my engine.
Started when my hose to my wastegate actuator was cut, took me a bit to find it but after initial overboost when it didn't open, I babied it till I found the problem.
I am guessing they were close and that may have pushed them over the edge.
Good thing is I have a spare set in the garage I bought a while back.
Do I just wait for them to fail or change out now?
Started when my hose to my wastegate actuator was cut, took me a bit to find it but after initial overboost when it didn't open, I babied it till I found the problem.
I am guessing they were close and that may have pushed them over the edge.
Good thing is I have a spare set in the garage I bought a while back.
Do I just wait for them to fail or change out now?
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