dsmguy904
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- Apr 14, 2005
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Des Moines,
Iowa
I have just recently encountered a serious problem with my 90 eclipse gsx. about 3 weeks ago i blew the seals out on the old 13g that was in my car from the previous owners (had an auto 6bolt put in a manual car). By the way, for reference, all the other auto parts have been replaced by manual parts (had to put together another engine and put in 2 weeks before my recent problem here).
Anyway, after the 13g blew the seals, i got a 14b turbo from a fellow dsmer here (SolidBoostTsi) put that one in, and had the seals on that one blow almost instantly. so by then i figured since he didnt even know the history of that turbo that i had just had bad luck with turbos. so instead of buyin another turbo, i got a rebuild kit, rebuilt it and put it back in. this is where it gets really wierd. THIS ONE BLEW THE SEALS TOO!!!! once again, almost instantly as well. i made sure with both turbos to prime it before starting the car too. so obviously now i am REALLY angry cause this car was down for 5 months prior due to a burned valve. and it was only running fine for 2 weeks and now this.
the one problem i can think of to cause this is that my oil pressure is WAY too high. i dont have access right now to a real oil pressure gauge, but the factory inaccurate gauge does show the pressure as being a little on the high side at idle but even at 3000 it doesnt go overly high. but since this seems to be it, what all can cause high oil pressure? i know that a restriction in the system can cause this problem, but how can i easily fix that without tearing apart the whole engine? or what should i start out checking?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Steve
Anyway, after the 13g blew the seals, i got a 14b turbo from a fellow dsmer here (SolidBoostTsi) put that one in, and had the seals on that one blow almost instantly. so by then i figured since he didnt even know the history of that turbo that i had just had bad luck with turbos. so instead of buyin another turbo, i got a rebuild kit, rebuilt it and put it back in. this is where it gets really wierd. THIS ONE BLEW THE SEALS TOO!!!! once again, almost instantly as well. i made sure with both turbos to prime it before starting the car too. so obviously now i am REALLY angry cause this car was down for 5 months prior due to a burned valve. and it was only running fine for 2 weeks and now this.
the one problem i can think of to cause this is that my oil pressure is WAY too high. i dont have access right now to a real oil pressure gauge, but the factory inaccurate gauge does show the pressure as being a little on the high side at idle but even at 3000 it doesnt go overly high. but since this seems to be it, what all can cause high oil pressure? i know that a restriction in the system can cause this problem, but how can i easily fix that without tearing apart the whole engine? or what should i start out checking?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Steve