I just removed my M2 intake to do some boost troubleshooting and noticed a little more oil than normal. It's only been about 3 months/1K miles since it was last off. Here are some pics:

http://63.108.11.6/jrspics/intake1.JPG
http://63.108.11.6/jrspics/intake2.JPG
http://63.108.11.6/jrspics/intake3.JPG
http://63.108.11.6/jrspics/intakeoil.JPG

The last one is oil around the hole where the intake mounts. Is this normal, or too much? TIA.

 

ive also noticed that on my re amemiya intake
is it that bad, are turbos that shot!

 

Well I know your supposed to have SOME oil in the intake, but I don't know how much is too much. Anyone?

 

my turbos blow oil like that and they have 107k on them that is a bad thing. dont let the turbos brake. if they do you could be spending 5k or more for new motor +the turbos that you blew up. take out the turbos and have them rebuilt or sell them as a rebuild. that is way to much how much do you have in the pipe connecting to the throttle body and does your car smoke a lot when you start it up?

 

Last time I took off my intake elbow...there was a LOT of crusty dried oil all along the inside of it. How bad is it if the oil is on the other side of the turbos?

 

It smokes on startup for about 2 minutes, but it's been cold lately so I really didn't pay much attention to it. In the Throttle body elbow there is a small film residue but not much accumulation of wet oil, same for the intake pipes themselves.

 

deffinetly excessive..your bov's are blowing out alot of oil...

have you pulled the lower ic hose? thats a hiding spot for alot of oil build up...if theres a puddle down ther your in trouble...but im no expert

 

That's nothing to worry about IMO. Now if your car starts blowing whitish smoke under hard acceleration, AND blows oil on the driver's side of the motor near the intake elbow and solenoids, then your turbos are as toasted as mine!

 

good call sleep r1 i would have to agree but please take off the lower intercooler hose. and BTW start saving