Feed line leak?

[Anthony Yacullo]

Put a small 16g in around 400 miles ago today I noticed some smoke. Looked at my engine bay and saw this oil leak. I bought the feed line off extremepsi and it said for a 16g. A buddy of mine said the fitting looked a little funny. Think I need a whole new feed line?

 

[oneslowwdsm]

Did you put a crush washer on the fitting thats bolted to the turbo?

 

[Anthony Yacullo]

Did you put a crush washer on the fitting thats bolted to the turbo?

Unfortunately I did not put this turbo in , I was too busy at the time and had a reputable speed shop do it. I would assume they did tho.


Also would like to add that I was stuck in traffic for about 2 hours, could that have any negative effects on pressure?

 

[oneslowwdsm]

Depends on how much oil you lost. Take the fitting off and check it over.

 

[303_2G]

Probly just a fitting crush washer like others said. No big deal.

 

[Anthony Yacullo]

Probly just a fitting crush washer like others said. No big deal.

If you look theres a little copper washer.
Edit: started the car at the base of the fitting a small pool of oil accumulated.

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[NY 95 TSI AWD]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1G-2G-DSM-E...Parts_Accessories&hash=item589582642e&vxp=mtr
I got this feed line for my car and the two banjo fittings (the circle fittings) were already installed on the feed line. I just put the banjo bolt through the banjo fitting with crush washer and thought it would be fine. It turned out that the banjo fitting was just loosely on the feed line. I had to take the exhaust manifold back off to be able to tighten the banjo fitting onto the line. This is one possibility for you. You may just need to tighten the banjo bolt more for the crush washer to seal. That's your main two things that could be happening.

Just try and see if its leaking where the feed line meets the banjo fitting or where the banjo fitting and turbo meet with the crush washer.

 

[Anthony Yacullo]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1G-2G-DSM-E...Parts_Accessories&hash=item589582642e&vxp=mtr
I got this feed line for my car and the two banjo fittings (the circle fittings) were already installed on the feed line. I just put the banjo bolt through the banjo fitting with crush washer and thought it would be fine. It turned out that the banjo fitting was just loosely on the feed line. I had to take the exhaust manifold back off to be able to tighten the banjo fitting onto the line. This is one possibility for you. You may just need to tighten the banjo bolt more for the crush washer to seal. That's your main two things that could be happening.

Just try and see if its leaking where the feed line meets the banjo fitting or where the banjo fitting and turbo meet with the crush washer.

I fixed it just needed tightening haha, now on to fixing my oil filter leak