leaking a little oil.. (Picture)

[civileclipse]

I went to change my oil today and noticed there was some wet oil running down from my turbo. Not a ton of oil, and perhaps this is typical of normal wear and tear on the car. I didn't notice any oil anywhere else on the car, just this area. The car has 130k miles on it and the turbo has about 45k miles on it. I wiped it off a bit before I took the photo but the arrows indicate the areas where it ran down.. Let me know what you guys think. Could it just be a seal that needs replacing?

-CivilEclipse

 

[EclipseTrbo420A]

I would replace the crush washers on the oil feed line and also the gasket on the oil return. That should take about an hour and then wipe everything down and check in acouple days. Goodluck.

 

[weith1111]

Looks like the drain on the bottom of the turbo. Like EclipseTrbo420A said, replace the gasket and put it back together. Same goes for where it hits the oil pan. Mine has leaked before, and I just snugged up the bolts. It will get a fresh gasket when the motor comes back out.

 

[civileclipse]

Would I have to specifically order the washers and gasket for my particular turbo (mine is aftermarket) or would it be the standard ones for the 95 GST? Would autozone or advanced auto carry something like this?

 

[EclipseTrbo420A]

Would I have to specifically order the washers and gasket for my particular turbo (mine is aftermarket) or would it be the standard ones for the 95 GST? Would autozone or advanced auto carry something like this?

Hey, Im Sure autozone should have the crush washers. In not, go to napa. As For the gasket I used Hi temp RTV But I also have a small leak haha. Dealer should have the gasket.

 

[ddavisaf]

The dealer gasket is what you should go with. They're some of the better gaskets out there period. Using some RTV on the oil pan is fine, however I wouldn't put it on the turbo. It would simply burn up and smell bad. Make sure you RTV around the drain tube AFTER you replaced the gasket and have bolted it onto the oil pan so that you do not accidently block the oil passages.