damn oil leaks :thumbdown:
01-20-2003, 01:43 PM
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damn oil leaks :thumbdown:
I've been leaking oil pretty bad the past few days and since I had the day off I decided to get under the car and see what I can find. Well, everything on the bottom of the car is coated with oil...the bottom of my oil pan, the bottom of my IC pipe coming off the turbo, my oil return line and fittings, I mean everything. My resonator which is about 3 feet behind my oil pan is even covered. When I park the car and leave it running I can see a constant drip of oil about every 5 seconds or so and there are spots all over the driveway. Obviously, whatever it is, it's leaking really bad. The problem is that there is so much oil all over everything, I dont even know where to start. 
I'm having to put about a quart in every week and I only put probably 50-60 miles a week on it now that I'm back at school.
If you put my car on a lift it looks like someone sprayed the underneath of the car with oil. I have put about 1000 miles on my car since the kit was installed and the leak only started once I got back to school and started boosting in it.
I do know the turbo seals are pretty much out on this turbo but even if they were completely shot, would it leak this much oil just from that?
I'm having to put about a quart in every week and I only put probably 50-60 miles a week on it now that I'm back at school.If you put my car on a lift it looks like someone sprayed the underneath of the car with oil. I have put about 1000 miles on my car since the kit was installed and the leak only started once I got back to school and started boosting in it.
I do know the turbo seals are pretty much out on this turbo but even if they were completely shot, would it leak this much oil just from that?
01-20-2003, 02:10 PM
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Re: damn oil leaks :thumbdown: (KC GSR)
Your description sounds exactly like my oil leak..
My problem was that the turbo oil return outlet->gasket->metal fitting for rubber hose was leaking oil. When the oil dripped down, as it cleared the height of the
front spoiler, the air blew the oil all over the bottom of my car...
My IC piping connecting the turbo, all oil return fittings, oil pan, exhaust, catalytic,
lower tie bar..... all covered in oil and grime.
The gasket I got from my Revhard kit was a crappy paper gasket.. I didn't want
to deal with it, so I had a shop replace it with a new better gasket...
My problem was that the turbo oil return outlet->gasket->metal fitting for rubber hose was leaking oil. When the oil dripped down, as it cleared the height of the
front spoiler, the air blew the oil all over the bottom of my car...
My IC piping connecting the turbo, all oil return fittings, oil pan, exhaust, catalytic,
lower tie bar..... all covered in oil and grime.
The gasket I got from my Revhard kit was a crappy paper gasket.. I didn't want
to deal with it, so I had a shop replace it with a new better gasket...
01-20-2003, 03:04 PM
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Re: damn oil leaks :thumbdown: (KC GSR)
I had the exact same problem on my ride and this is what happened to me: The fitting that I put in place of the oil temp sensor for use with the oil feed for the turbo came loose and was spraying oil all over the place. I dumped 3 quarts of oil in 12 miles of driving. It was a freakin mess. 
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