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Mar 16, 2026
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2012 seat leon 1.6tdi. I recently found non magnetic metal shavings in my oil filter during an oil change and decided to look at my turbo today to see if there was any obvious scoring or turbo play but I'm unsure of the result so i'm here to ask for extra opinions. There is no axial play in the shaft and it seems to rotate with no resistance or obvious running against the housing when i spin it by hand. Thanks.
edit: not sure if the video is working can someone lmk
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2012 seat leon 1.6tdi. I recently found non magnetic metal shavings in my oil filter during an oil change and decided to look at my turbo today to see if there was any obvious scoring or turbo play but I'm unsure of the result so i'm here to ask for extra opinions. There is no axial play in the shaft and it seems to rotate with no resistance or obvious running against the housing when i spin it by hand. Thanks.
edit: not sure if the video is working can someone lmk
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Can't see the video, but sound's like the turbo is ok from your description. Metal must have come from somewhere though, unfortunatelyit's probably the main bearings if it's non magnetic. You would probably be best off dropping the sump and checking the rod bearings for play, and also cleaning the sump out as it's probably full of metal too