Hi everyone,

i picked up my white 94 touring about a month ago. It was stock except for tein HA and no muffler, just pipe and tip but with both cats. The car has 104k miles on it, but the engine rebuilted by mazda dealer only had about 2000 miles.

recently while i was replacing the factory IC to a used ARC SMIC and i noticed a layer of oil in the intercooler piping. I first noticed some thing is up because i have oil spit mark on the passenger side head light cover that came from my HKS BOV direction. So i'm certain that the oil is from within the turbo. So possibly the seals are bad & needs rebuilt? I've haven't had this type of experience w/ the rx7s i've had.
i'll be extremely busy for the next 2 weeks but i still need to drive the car around, what will happen Ultimately if i keep driving? can i get away with trying not to full boost for now? please help, any info will be greatfully appreciated.

thanks
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so far my mods are:
knightsports 4BeatFD ECU, T-Pros stainless DP, MP with Magnaflow hi-flo cat on the MP, RB dual tip exhaust, HKS BOV, Blitz dual sus intake, ARC SMIC, Fluidyne radiator, HKS 60mm boost and 52mm Omori 52mm exhaust temp, Tein HA, R1 STB bodyshop painted white, 18" 5Zigen 5ZR, vented CF hood, 99spec lip, 95 JDM efini steering wheel, tail light, emblems.

 

A film of oil is completely normal and healthy. When you start seeing pools and puddles of oil then it's time to worry.

 

Thats very normal, unless you have excessive amount of oil, then you've got a problem

 

oh cool, yeah, its like a surrounding layer on the inside of the piping, but not much like a pool or puddle but can still be wiped and feel w/ finger tip.... thanks so much