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when i was fitting my induction kit at the weekend i noticed some oil in the air intake pipe dose this mean my turbo is knackerd and how serious is it?
John
ibiza-cupra
29-08-2006, 21:37
how much oil mate
acidstrato
29-08-2006, 21:41
nah means nothing...theres an oil breathing pipe connected to a black mushroom thing, which sits in the intake pipe. so unless it was alot i wouldnt worry
quit alot not enough to be dripping out though
ibiza-cupra
29-08-2006, 21:50
sounds like a smear,like said the breather will carry oil vapour and it will settle on air intake.if all is well dont worry,excessive smoke or oil consumption??
cordobabrendy
29-08-2006, 21:57
a little oil or closer to below??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/cordobabrendy/PICT5192.jpg
that looks worrying..... is that coming out of ur turbo?, if so could be shaft bearings on the turbo shagged:(
dosent smoke and it dosent loose any oil so must be ok then cheers guys!!:D
cordobabrendy
29-08-2006, 22:04
oil seal rick.
ibiza-cupra
29-08-2006, 22:08
hardly worth reconning its in the turbos nature to loose a little bit,its when it appears as smoke out of the tailpipe you have issues.
mine is dry but doesnt make it any better than a weaper
cordobabrendy
29-08-2006, 22:11
lol smoke? the boyracer behind me had to put his window wipers on when mine went.
ibiza-cupra
29-08-2006, 22:12
blimey never seen one BLOW UP before lol,hope it was a saxo
cordobabrendy
29-08-2006, 22:15
306 dturbo, white...and brown stripes!
The car was still running but the blue smoke was rediculous, by the time i pulled over and turned the engine off all lanes of the m1 (belfast) were totally obscured, cars had to crawl past and i think mr 306 learned his tailgating lesson.
ibiza-cupra
29-08-2006, 22:29
good cos i hate tailgaiters,i slow right down to 20 mph in towns etc
i also had some oil in my air pipes from the intercooler.. Nothing like above though :s
I remember forge cleaning the old intercooler pipes off when fitting the new one, they didnt mention anything being wrong so im not worried :)