93 Eg Couper

I have a Turbonetics T3Super60 turbo which is leaking.

Journal bearing, its rebuildable..

The seal is leaking a little, noticing it in my exhaust pipe.
Can I still drive the car for a couple more weeks and be safe? Of course possibly having to add a touch of oil to compensate for the loss of oil..
I will be rebuilding the turbo and selling it since I have a GT3076R ready to go.

I was planning on driving the car daily still for another 2-3weeks with the turbo oil seal leak...Is this going to be safe?

ALSO, will this leak into my intake? I can check the outlet of the turbo for oil residue...If so I won't drive it.

TheShodan

iTrader: (14)

No one can answer that unfortunately.. it could be new, used, due to other issues from the previous owner, or from a bad oil return line route.

93 Eg Couper

Did not leak last year.
Am running no restrictor -4 line, turbo has 6,000kms on it.
Ill check oil return line.

93 Eg Couper

Noticing a little bit of oil on the compressor wheel as well.. inside the intake shroud area.

racebum

aren't you suppose to run a -3 on most journal bearings?

wantboost

iTrader: (2)

feed line is wayy too big
3-an is the largest you're *supposed* to run

Turbo-LS

iTrader: (4)

Id buy a -4 .060 restrictor and run it. this will drop the oil pressure down to proper operating pressures and should help some for a couple weeks till its removed, and you definatly need to be running a GT oil restrictor on that 30r

93 Eg Couper

I have the GT restrictor for the GT30 when its in place..

There is no oil coming from the turbo outlet so it is simply draining a bit out the seal, I guess -4 is too big.

Thanks guys.
I will continue to drive it until the GT30 is swapped in.