are my turbos oil seals gone?
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are my turbos oil seals gone?
well, took the 7 for a nice hard abusive drive... nothing it cant handle, get back home and pop the hood to check if everythings ok and holy ****.. my turbo is "bleeding" oil as it looks like , dripping down from the coupling i circled (pic was taken the same morning before this happend actually!)
i tighted it up and it didnt leak again today, but i took my airfilter off and there was oil in lip of the turbo inlet .... help!
i tighted it up and it didnt leak again today, but i took my airfilter off and there was oil in lip of the turbo inlet .... help!
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really? thats strange. it never leaked before, and yes my coupling was loose when it was leaking the first time, actually poped off when i was boosting, but ive never seen oil in my intercooler piping before, there is minimal, you think the seals are just getting worn out?
ps, no smoke while driving, i have a external wastegate so i dont know if its coming out of the exhaust or not when boosting up, its only boosting around 7 or 8 pounds
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really? thats strange. it never leaked before, and yes my coupling was loose when it was leaking the first time, actually poped off when i was boosting, but ive never seen oil in my intercooler piping before, there is minimal, you think the seals are just getting worn out?
ps, no smoke while driving, i have a external wastegate so i dont know if its coming out of the exhaust or not when boosting up, its only boosting around 7 or 8 pounds
ps, no smoke while driving, i have a external wastegate so i dont know if its coming out of the exhaust or not when boosting up, its only boosting around 7 or 8 pounds
Run it for a couple of days and monitor it, it could be fine, or you could have damaged the oil seals.
regardless an oil seal is only 40 some odd bucks from turbonetics, and it takes like 1~2 hours to pull, seperate replace and re-install, so I would not get myself to worried about it, if its gone, order the parts, pull rebuild drive.
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is it really that easy? i was under the impression that an oil seal is a major deal. but this doesnt require a balancing and what not when you crack it open. dont know if mine has a similar chra, but i started leaking oil in my compressor housing too. and there is half a cup of oil or so in the bottom of the housing. i havent had it in boost yet and just figured i burnt it up with super rich afrs. and i dont know if the owner of this thread has a similar seal setup. my turbo is a t04s and thats all i know, other than it has a 360 thrust bearing.
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and thats theproblem, when the IC hose popped off, you probably overspun the turbine.
Run it for a couple of days and monitor it, it could be fine, or you could have damaged the oil seals.
regardless an oil seal is only 40 some odd bucks from turbonetics, and it takes like 1~2 hours to pull, seperate replace and re-install, so I would not get myself to worried about it, if its gone, order the parts, pull rebuild drive.
cheers
kenn
Run it for a couple of days and monitor it, it could be fine, or you could have damaged the oil seals.
regardless an oil seal is only 40 some odd bucks from turbonetics, and it takes like 1~2 hours to pull, seperate replace and re-install, so I would not get myself to worried about it, if its gone, order the parts, pull rebuild drive.
cheers
kenn
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is it really that easy? i was under the impression that an oil seal is a major deal. but this doesnt require a balancing and what not when you crack it open. dont know if mine has a similar chra, but i started leaking oil in my compressor housing too. and there is half a cup of oil or so in the bottom of the housing. i havent had it in boost yet and just figured i burnt it up with super rich afrs. and i dont know if the owner of this thread has a similar seal setup. my turbo is a t04s and thats all i know, other than it has a 360 thrust bearing.
i would like to know if it requires balancing also.. my car is also running a bit rich. my turbo dosent seem to be leaking as much as yours though, have you fixed it yet? this sucks because i was going to throw on my boost controller and front mount, get it tuned and crank the boost but now i have to fix it i guess, and i dont want to put the stock turbo back on because the wastegate isnt ported
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i havent fixed mine yet. i will be able to work on it tomorrow. im going to start with checking my oil pressure and crank vent. if those are ok, i will clean out the housing good and see how and when this happens by observing the outlet. i know before when i would rev it a little it would splash up in the housing. when i was idle i could not tell. i wanna know if it leaks all the time or just when i rev. im also going to try a different drain setup. i have been using a 5/8 rubber hose clamped on from turbo to t2 oil drain on the front cover. i kept bending the hose into a kink when i tried to fit it straight up. so i looped it with no kink. im wondering if this is restricting the "gravity" drain. and some where in there im going to check the diameter of my restrictor.
and if all else fails i will rebuild i guess. i will let you know what i figure out.
note: i found that the ATP t3/t4 turbo flanges worked well with my turbo drain and it fit well with a little modification to the bolt holes, on the stock 4" oil drain pipe from the front cover.
and if all else fails i will rebuild i guess. i will let you know what i figure out.
note: i found that the ATP t3/t4 turbo flanges worked well with my turbo drain and it fit well with a little modification to the bolt holes, on the stock 4" oil drain pipe from the front cover.
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i havent fixed mine yet. i will be able to work on it tomorrow. im going to start with checking my oil pressure and crank vent. if those are ok, i will clean out the housing good and see how and when this happens by observing the outlet. i know before when i would rev it a little it would splash up in the housing. when i was idle i could not tell. i wanna know if it leaks all the time or just when i rev. im also going to try a different drain setup. i have been using a 5/8 rubber hose clamped on from turbo to t2 oil drain on the front cover. i kept bending the hose into a kink when i tried to fit it straight up. so i looped it with no kink. im wondering if this is restricting the "gravity" drain. and some where in there im going to check the diameter of my restrictor.
and if all else fails i will rebuild i guess. i will let you know what i figure out.
note: i found that the ATP t3/t4 turbo flanges worked well with my turbo drain and it fit well with a little modification to the bolt holes, on the stock 4" oil drain pipe from the front cover.
and if all else fails i will rebuild i guess. i will let you know what i figure out.
note: i found that the ATP t3/t4 turbo flanges worked well with my turbo drain and it fit well with a little modification to the bolt holes, on the stock 4" oil drain pipe from the front cover.
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ok so i dont know about my oil pressure yet. it seems as if i dont have it hooked up properly. but i checked my restrictor and it is about a .06.. like a 1/16th. i fixed the oil drain hose too. no more kink or loop. i used a brass elbow so its straight down and straight across to the front cover. i sucked out the oil from the housing with a nylon hose so i didnt have to disassemble the housing. it still has some oil coming up when i when i rev high like 4000. but not nearly as much oil as before. i think my seals might have seen some damage tho, because i am still seeing some blue smoke in the exhaust but not as much as before. before it was so bad you couldnt see from front of car to the back of the car. now its just a little puff coming out the pipes. i think i can live with this for now.
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hmm, mine dosent seem to be leaking anymore.. its kinda strange.. just keep finding a bit in the outlet still , we'll see how it does when i double the boost soon.
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is it really that easy? i was under the impression that an oil seal is a major deal. but this doesnt require a balancing and what not when you crack it open. dont know if mine has a similar chra, but i started leaking oil in my compressor housing too. and there is half a cup of oil or so in the bottom of the housing. i havent had it in boost yet and just figured i burnt it up with super rich afrs. and i dont know if the owner of this thread has a similar seal setup. my turbo is a t04s and thats all i know, other than it has a 360 thrust bearing.
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