I just removed my compressor housing from my turbo and noticed there is a small amount of oil in the compressor housing. There was no oil in the piping, not a stain of it.

I bought this turbo used but was told it had only 2000 miles on the turbo and no oil leaks or shaft play.

When I first got the turbo I removed the exhaust and compressor side to look for leaks there was no signs of any oil and there is no shaft play.

Now I only put about 500 kms on this turbo. My car is currently in storage until spring. So I removed the compressor housing to polish and noticed this oil.

Any thoughts? If the seals where all that bad I am sure the piping would have oil in it as I was pushing 15 psi for the 500 kms.

Turbo is a Turbonetics T3/T04E


Modified by boostdummy at 7:08 PM 11/27/2005

 

so like a few drops or a shot glass full?

If its a few drops (they can be rather large drops) i wouldn't worry about it. A turbocharger will leak some oil, thast just how they work.

 

Naw no were near a shot glass full..maybe 1/4 shot glass prolly.

Now I have only driven on the turbo for prolly 2.5 HOURS at 15 psi. Still Normal?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostdummy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just removed my compressor housing from my turbo and noticed there is a small amount of oil in the compressor housing. There was no oil in the piping, not a stain of it.

I bought this turbo used but was told it had only 2000 miles on the turbo and no oil leaks or shaft play.

When I first got the turbo I removed the exhaust and compressor side to look for leaks there was no signs of any oil and there is no shaft play.

Now I only put about 500 kms on this turbo. My car is currently in storage until spring. So I removed the compressor housing to polish and noticed this oil.

Any thoughts? If the seals where all that bad I am sure the piping would have oil in it as I was pushing 15 psi for the 500 kms.

Turbo is a Turbonetics T3/T04E</TD></TR></TABLE>


yup; they'll leak a bit of oil; you may be pushing too much oil behind it and its overpowering the seals

 

Anybody else think this is normal?

 

Ok I am starting to think its the my oil return causing the problem

Now I Have the return spot in the pan the same way for the past 2 yrs on m other setup and never had a problem. But with this seteup the turbo sits lower and return line had to be shorten and it there was no way to make a Direct straight down dump it had to come in on a slop

And from I can remember correctly ,,,again this was 2yrs ago when the pan was off for the bung to go in this was the heighest this could go up from the inside....then again it was 2 yrs ago





Here is the way my oil return line comes in..Not the greatest I know...but what am I suspose to do?

 

Any opinions on this?

 

Put a nice radiused fitting off the turbo then run your lines. It looks like its making too much of a bend coming straight off the turbo. Good luck! Ryan

 

I cut a half inch of the line to get rid of the bend...Still Bad?

 

What size oil feed are you using?

 

-3an

 

Have you noticed any loss in power? I think blown seals will cause a loss in power along with oil leakage.

I made the mistake of buying a used turbo without any prior knowledge. I've still got to buy a rebuild kit for my 14g to replace the leaky seals.

 

Bump

 

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not 100% sure, but isn't ideal size -10 an? wouldn't -3an be too small

 

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not 100% sure, but isn't ideal size -10 an? wouldn't -3an be too small</TD></TR></TABLE>

i think they were talking about the feed line...

-3AN for feed..... -10AN for DRAIN

 

Yes thats right.

Would locating the feed to the other side of the pan be ok? It would allow a Better downward dump but not sure if its ok to put it in that location of the pan.

I am refering to sport I Marked in white


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I don't see why there would be a problem with putting it there. If it has a better downward slope and your downpipe doesn't interfere with it I'd say go for it.

 

hey man i turbo got really jacked because the return line i mean there is so much oil in the I C piping i could pour oil out of my intercooler but a friend of mine said that if the oil return line is not correct it will be the number one turbo killer!

 

I've heard that bad returns can kill turbos. I've heard a lot of people say to make it as straight down as possible with no flat spots.

Has anyone seen this new rubber hose that people are using for return lines? I know the guys at Tempest in Waldorf, MD are using it. It's a lot more flexible, unkinkable, and just seems easier to work with.