A lot of oil in upper intercooler pipe

[SnowBird]

I just dont understand. The car has been running like ass, and Im guessing its because its getting oil instead of air? I am confused as to if the engine is shot and blowing oil, or if the turbo is shot and leaking oil internally and blowing it out? My first turbo car so Im puzzled. thanks in advance.

 

[90 TSI FWD]

Do you have a line coming from the head to the intake pipe? If so, that's most likely where your oil is coming from. Just do what I did and get a cheap fuel filter and cut that line and put the filter there. Then clean your pipes and intercooler with gas.

 

[SnowBird]

Do you have a line coming from the head to the intake pipe? If so, that's most likely where your oil is coming from. Just do what I did and get a cheap fuel filter and cut that line and put the filter there. Then clean your pipes and intercooler with gas.

yeah, I do. So disconnect the line from the intake and put on the filter? Is there an reason it cant just be blocked?

 

[oldman]

Do you have a line coming from the head to the intake pipe? If so, that's most likely where your oil is coming from. Just do what I did and get a cheap fuel filter and cut that line and put the filter there. Then clean your pipes and intercooler with gas.

Doing that will often lead to excessive crankcase pressre under boost (can very well be the problem here) as well as introducing unmetered air into the system through PCV valve when under vacuum, a better way is to install an inline sealed catch can/oil filtration/oil seperator and keep the line routed back to the intake.

SnowBird, how much oil are you finding in the intake tract? Check you turbo and licp for excessive amount of oil, check turbo for shaft play.

 

[Defiant]

http://www.tgilmore.com/talon/catchcan.html

 

[flyinghighlm]

http://www.tgilmore.com/talon/catchcan.html

Very very nice link, thanks...it helps to read other peoples stuff and that is a lot cheaper than the fancy ones....

 

[oldman]

http://www.tgilmore.com/talon/catchcan.html

Here is a much better option, no need to change filter, no worrying about the paper filter being saturated with oil reducing flow rate. I have been using this for over a year but unlike the link above, I'm using it with the filter element.

 

[B-Dog98]

Yeah Im running the cheap fuel filter kind from Wal-Mart like Defiant posted and it works well for me. Filter hasnt been completely saturated yet and it catches the oil so it works for me. My friend who has and SRT-4 has the setup that oldman posted above. His also works very well and is a lot simpler to empty out. Neither take a long time to install so pick the one that suits your taste.

 

[Defiant]

I like that trap, but I'm not clear why he says to remove the filter element.

 

[oldman]

I like that trap, but I'm not clear why he says to remove the filter element.

The filter element is somewhat restrictive, they are using gravity as filtration, much like using an inline sealed empty catch can.

 

[90 TSI FWD]

Doing that will often lead to excessive crankcase pressre under boost (can very well be the problem here) as well as introducing unmetered air into the system through PCV valve when under vacuum, a better way is to install an inline sealed catch can/oil filtration/oil seperator and keep the line routed back to the intake.

SnowBird, how much oil are you finding in the intake tract? Check you turbo and licp for excessive amount of oil, check turbo for shaft play.

I didn't mean to cut the line entirely. I was try to explain the link that Defiant posted up. I'll try to be clearer next time.

 

[Defiant]

The filter element is somewhat restrictive, they are using gravity as filtration, much like using an inline sealed empty catch can.

Hm. I'd do a blow-through test on that. I doubt you'd feel any "restriction" from it. I mean, I can't just go ahead and believe something a Corvetter tells me (not you, the linked site).

 

[oldman]

Hm. I'd do a blow-through test on that. I doubt you'd feel any "restriction" from it. I mean, I can't just go ahead and believe something a Corvetter tells me (not you, the linked site).

I have done alot of "blowing through it" test and it is a little restrictive. Years ago I was using it as a VTA setup with both VC ports routed to it, moisture got in and the filter element froze on the first cold day of the winter, taking out my valve seals, reason why I've been doing the "blow through it" test every time I empty it. Have since been using it as a sealed inline filtration on the breather side through two winters now without any issues.

 

[DSMunknown]

That oil canister looks like something you'd see in the bedroom.