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If any expert could chime in it would be much appreciated. Trying to figure out what I am getting myself into here. I am still learning this system... Well, ok. I have not actually worked on the turbos or surrounding area much at all.
1. I can say it is getting progressively worse and my idle recover is affected a bit. Idle In general is affected a bit.
2. I don't notice any performance decrease really. Meaning it spools quick. I think it spools as fast lol... these things spool insanely fast.
Gasket for this tube thing? Or actually on the turbo? These are the 3KAI with probably 10k miles on them.
That's the oil return for the secondary turbo, there are gasket for both side, you should change them out to see if the leakage stop.
Thanks. Yeah I guess that makes what line it would be. That's not the exhaust leak though. I just ordered a snake camera. Hopefully I can look up on there and see a loose bolt or something.... if not I guess the turbos need to come off. Then I need to think.... drop it aoff ir do it myself....
It's hard to tell. If it is coming from the area that you pointed out it could be the turbo itself or maybe the exhaust manifold ... Unfortunately you would need to remove the turbo to find out for sure. Are you sure the downpipe gasket is good? This would be an easy fix.
On a side note I would first pull the intake of the secondary turbo and check to see if you have oil pooling in there. Also check the shaft play. This might give you a second reason to pull the turbo if it looks like the oil seals are starting to go.
I had a bolt fall out of my stock twins at around 45,000miles in the same spot causing exhaust leak.
Mine was a turbo chra to turbo exhaust housing bolt fell out and exhaust leaked out of the turbo exhaust housing.
Put bolt back in and no problems. I was lucky it was a bolt I could get to wthout removing much at all.
Blue this is what I am hoping for. I couldn't imagine the seals going on these yet. Of course anything is possible but, I would hope not They have like 10k and were brand new mostly ran at 10-12psi with some 14 thrown in there.
It wasn't long ago I checked the shaft play on both when I was having another issue. They both were perfect, I just had a solenoid plugged in backwards.
