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Old 04-19-02, 07:37 PM
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Exclamation help! My intake is spewing out massive amounts of oil!

I have an M2 airbox and every once in a while when I pop open my hood, I notice a lot of oil coming out of the M2 airbox. It seems like my intake is choking up a lot of oil. My turbos have about 37000 miles on them, but I drive my car pretty hard. Is this normal? Does anyone know what's going on, or has anyone else experienced this?
Old 04-19-02, 09:14 PM
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Some oil is normal..lots usually mean the turbos are going south...
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I would have to agree with that initial assessment...no wonder you have been considering...going single turbo
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Yup, there are massive amounts of oil spewing out of the airbox. It's strange really....I only have 37k on those turbos, they are brand new not rebuilt, I wonder why they went so quickly... Oh well, at least I have an excuse to go do a single turbo conversion now! Mua HAHAHAHA (Evil guy laugh)
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Can I have your greasy airbox when you go single turbo?
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Can I have your greasy airbox when you go single turbo?
Yup, all the stuff I don't need will be for sale in about a couple of weeks. This includes:
M2 downpipe,
M2 stage 3 ECU
and M2 carbon fiber airbox

I will keep anyone who is interested posted.
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