Why is there oil in my hard pipe?
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Oh alright, it's not a ton it just looks like the inside walls of the pipe has oil but when I pulled the pipe off none came out just looks like it's wet everywhere. I'm trying to hold off on rebuilding the turbos as long as I can because I plan on going single and don't want to put money in the twins when I know I'm going to replace them.
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Oh alright, it's not a ton it just looks like the inside walls of the pipe has oil but when I pulled the pipe off none came out just looks like it's wet everywhere. I'm trying to hold off on rebuilding the turbos as long as I can because I plan on going single and don't want to put money in the twins when I know I'm going to replace them.
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Basically, for a car which see aggressive driving (auto-x, some track days, etc), getting oil into the intake tract is normal due to the way the crankcase is vented. It's basically vented right back into the primary intake nozzle so any "moisture" through that system ends up in your intercooler piping. Oil can and does get pushed through the crankcase ventilation system during hard driving/cornering which is why those owners go with a catch can. However, if there is no aggressive driving/cornering, oil in the intake tract (especially pooling oil) is not normal.
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Awesome! So nothing major to worry about then. I do semi hard pulls to like 5k rpm lol but yeah no pools of it.
Also, there was oil on the side of my engine case by the top left spark plug, it looked like a fitting was the issue, is that the oil sending unit?
Also, there was oil on the side of my engine case by the top left spark plug, it looked like a fitting was the issue, is that the oil sending unit?
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Yeah I baby this thing man I'm afraid of taking it to redline though lol
Reason being is because I bought the car with about 108k miles it has about 40k on a rebuilt engine and I don't know how abused it was. So I don't want to risk killing the engine before I can save up for the single conversion for it. Here and there ill push maybe 5k rpm in a third gear pull.
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Hahaha clever "spirited decongestion" I don't think hwy patrol will like that around where I live haha Yeah I baby this thing man I'm afraid of taking it to redline though lol Reason being is because I bought the car with about 108k miles it has about 40k on a rebuilt engine and I don't know how abused it was. So I don't want to risk killing the engine before I can save up for the single conversion for it. Here and there ill push maybe 5k rpm in a third gear pull.
Drive that damn thing! If you DON'T rev it, that is even worse than not revving it to redline every now and again... Carbon lock occurs from your Nancy driving techniques. Rev it! You're not going to hurt it. But to the point of the thread, I get oil out of my bov on the track due to my lack of a catch can. Otherwise the oil in the intake piping right there is normal. Catch can is on my list this summer before track season because that makes a spectacular mess on track days.
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Drive that damn thing! If you DON'T rev it, that is even worse than not revving it to redline every now and again... Carbon lock occurs from your Nancy driving techniques. Rev it! You're not going to hurt it. But to the point of the thread, I get oil out of my bov on the track due to my lack of a catch can. Otherwise the oil in the intake piping right there is normal. Catch can is on my list this summer before track season because that makes a spectacular mess on track days.
I took it to 6k today approaching a light and slowed down right after as a local cop was looking dead at me like thinking to himself "you're lucky I didn't radar you" or thinking "on my way home so you're lucky punk!!" Lol
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Hahahahahaha ok so I revv to redline while in neutral or take it to redline in a few gears?
I took it to 6k today approaching a light and slowed down right after as a local cop was looking dead at me like thinking to himself "you're lucky I didn't radar you" or thinking "on my way home so you're lucky punk!!" Lol
I took it to 6k today approaching a light and slowed down right after as a local cop was looking dead at me like thinking to himself "you're lucky I didn't radar you" or thinking "on my way home so you're lucky punk!!" Lol
but I generally hit redline on fwy onramps in 3rd, getting up to ~80 and just shifting into 4th then 5th and letting off the gas to cruise speed. dont really feel like a speed demon, and can still hit all the RPMs.
40k on a rebuild is low miles, even if abused by previous owner--if you have good compression and arent abusing it anymore, redline is CAKE for these motors
EDIT: one more thing to note, I read on these forums, that the secondary injectors don't even come on until 6k+ rpm, another reason to hit redline every now and then--preventing them from gunking up.
also, for the record, I have about teh same amt of oil in my hardpipes as well
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lol, well yes please watch for lawmen first.
but I generally hit redline on fwy onramps in 3rd, getting up to ~80 and just shifting into 4th then 5th and letting off the gas to cruise speed. dont really feel like a speed demon, and can still hit all the RPMs.
40k on a rebuild is low miles, even if abused by previous owner--if you have good compression and arent abusing it anymore, redline is CAKE for these motors
EDIT: one more thing to note, I read on these forums, that the secondary injectors don't even come on until 6k+ rpm, another reason to hit redline every now and then--preventing them from gunking up.
also, for the record, I have about teh same amt of oil in my hardpipes as well
I hit 3rd gear redline this morning on the on ramp.....felt good!! 😈 (Evil face)
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It's been going like 20 years with the stock system, why change it if you're not doing a bunch of mods? Keep it the way it is, it'll be fine unless your turbos are failing. Save yourself the hassle of having to check the catch can and scrutinizing the amount of oil that gets in there.
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Yeah I figured I'd keep it stock until I go single and mod from there. As long as nothing's wrong and the car is running fine ill keep it how it is. For now at least. Thanks guys.
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