Mr. Vapor

Ok,

at first i thought my rings were going on me....just did a compression test, 200-210 all across the board on my '00 B16a2 with 54,000 on it.


So when i enter high boost (8-10.5psi) it seems i start to blow some blueish smoke. Oil consumption is about 1/2 quart every 250 miles. I know some oil use is expected with a turbo vehicle however im also getting a leak. Im leaking on the FRONT of the block and its blowing all down the underside of my car under motion.....ive got oil all over the underside of the car, the xhaust, sway bar, traces all the way back past my cat. but it seems to be coming from the front of the block then dripping and getting blown back underneath the car under acceleration or just high way cruising. at first i thought it was possibly my dip stick had come loose as ive heard its a problem with some of the iTR guys, that wasnt it. then perhaps my head wasnt on tight.....but id notice alot more symptoms if my head was loose (such as compression loss, which i dont have).

so i cant source the leak? gonna brake clean the whole thing and try to start fresh and see if i can pin point it.


as far as my oil loss, i attribute some of it to the leak i have, but i am burning some at high boost WOT. could my turbo seals be blown? car was never run past 5.5 psi till this year, now im at 10.5psi. turbo is a T3/T4e .63ar. turbo has 25k on it. i checked the shaft, it has zero play in it.


im clueless.....any ideas?

LSBOI

check your turbo could be your seals like mine

Mr. Vapor

what exaclty am i checking for? i wrote that i checked for shaft play and i had none......

B00STED Si

check for oil in the intercooler piping.

civicxspower

yea check ur intake pipes if there is any oil u have blown ur turbo seals...i have done it 2 times...make sure u have a -3an oil line goin to it...-4an will blow ur seals in the turbo....i had to replace all the intake pipes and intercooler


Modified by civicxspower at 4:56 PM 5/30/2005

Mr. Vapor

forgive my ignorance, but why would you have to replace your intake pipes and intercooler? couldnt you just clean the oil out of them?


ill check the pipes tonite, thanks for the heads up.....


anyone else?

civicxspower

i wanted to....but it was hard to get the oil out of the intercooler and when i thought i did i let it sit and come back and lil oil was still there......so i wanted to get another one.....i didnt change the pipes just got bigger ones so i guess i did change them then