Discovered oil in lower/upper/ intercooler pipes

[Twizzle]

Well, i decided to discect my car today and i found oil in the lower intercooler pipe, upper intercooler pipe, and the intercooler itself. i took the j-pipe off my b16g and i found no oil inside the turbo itself, just in the pipes. however i am quite confused because my turbo spools, and boosts normally. ive had it at 22 psi without a problem, no smoke or anything. is it possible for a turbo to leak oil, yet still perform like its brand new? if not, what else could it be? perhaps recirculated hoses from my throttle body? (owner before me recirc'ed a few outlets on my tb, i still dont know why or what they are..)

 

[AWDPSI]

it is normal to have some oil residual in the pipes. If you want to lessen it greatly get a oil catch can from road race engineering or take the hose from the valve cover that goes to your turbo inlet tube and cut it two 4 inches from the inlet pipe. Run the part that comes from the valve cover into a breather filter and hang it down and then cap off the line that goes to the inlet pipe. Remember that the environmentally right way of doing this is the catch can and disposing of the oil at every oil change with the oil your disposing from your oil change.

scott

 

[Defiant]

Same for 1Gs:

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