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Old Apr 22, 2024 | 12:12 AM
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Need help turbos leaking oil.
Need help turbos leaking oil, no oil in intercooler piping or intake. And pcv is good, Rebuilt engine with less than 200 miles. Car is a rhd 1995 rx7
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Old Apr 22, 2024 | 12:20 AM
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freshly rebuilt motor with low miles.... clean it off and press on. see if it comes back or if its just purging assembly oils
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Did you overfill the oil by any chance? Should not be higher than the half way point of the dipstick hashmarks.
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Did you overfill the oil by any chance? Should not be higher than the half way point of the dipstick hashmarks.


I will check i doubt it though.
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Old Apr 23, 2024 | 01:54 AM
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If your oil filler neck breather tube is still hooked up to your front turbo intake elbow,and if you overfil the oil, the oil will overflow down the tube into your front turbo.
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