so last week i blew my seals to my turbo. i put my replacement on and my car still smoked. oil is coming from the hot side of the turbo and through my downpipe. im running a restrictor and as far as i know my drain line looks good. can somebody help me out. im so lost lol. thanks

 

Picture of oil return line ? More info ??? Those seals don't work how you think they do. Oil will either leak past them or it won't. They are metal rings. Not rubber o-rings that have cracked/failed...

 

 

one would say its the brand of the turbo you have selected, but do you have a pic of where the leak is happening? i kind of see some oil on the hot side of the turbo. your return needs some material improvement

 

Yes it's leaking from the hot side and its leaking from the bottom of the downpour flange. And I know the hoses are temporary

 

bump

 

To much oil pressure,,???restrictor size??, the drain look right(angle, size) or simply a bad rebuilt??? Turbo brand??no leak before rebuilt??

 

just dont get it cause im runing a restrictor.... damn ebay turbos

 

and im running a 0.60 restrictor

 

A rebuilt ebay turbo??? Brand of rebuilt parts??if the setup was correct( no oil leak or smoking) before rebuilt youve got your answer,,,so i guest

 

its a brand new turbo not rebuilt.

 

eBay turbo is a an eBay turbo. Personally idc if you use a Garrett rebuilt turbo kit or not. Maybe the Shodan can chime in

 

Sorry,,,my mistake,,, so no oil in the compressor side??

 

a little oil on comperssor side you can see drip marks in the housing. mostly from the hot side coming right out of my downpipe

 

Thats the chance you took when buying from fleabay, if an oil leak is your only failure conisder yourself half lucky.

Buy another and try again?

Or bite the bullet and buy a quality piece

 

co-sign

 

Ever thought that it could be residual oil coating the downpipe from the original turbo. Once hot enough, is now burning off. Could happen. Seen it before.

 

Ebay turbo's are horrid. Just get a quality one, I picked up a Precision for $600.00 NIB today.

 

 

it came with a 90 day warranty so ill just get a new one. and i dont have 600 for a turbo plus im only running stock internals. im going to upgrade when i do bottom end work

 

90 day warranty haha. I hope they refund you the shipment back. It may take 90 tries just to find one that just about works properly. Cheap ****...

 

im a cheap **** cause i dont have 600 dollars to spend on a turbo? why spnd that money when im running stock internals its not needed. this is my first turbo setup so cut me some slack.....

 

Are we sure its not further upstream from the turbo? I don't know how much smoke you're getting.... What do the exhaust ports look like?

 

I'm sorry but you'll learn the hard way then. You're better off leaving it alone then bombarding a good solid car with cheap crap. Just get your money back and save up. You don't have to have the car up and running within a month. Be patient, save...

 

pulled the manifold off ports are fine no leaks. it smokes alot and is not getting better...