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HOLY WHERE IS THIS OIL COMING FROM, HELP

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What condition is your turbo in? Is your turbo leaking oil in to your compressor housing then forcing the oil in to your intake manifold? That seems like a lot of oil to just be coming from your PCV valve. On the exhaust side it could be a number of things. The oil looks milky so it seems like it is mixing with coolant, head gasket would be the culprit there.

Leaving that hose unplugged will not cause that as I ran mine to the ground without problems. Are you able to do a compression test or a leak down? It may answer your question when you pull the head and see what is exactly going on in there.
 
I thought the same as the above when watching the video.. it looks pretty milky to me which would indicate a headgasket issue. The amount of fluid (which was almost dripping off your finger) looked almost clear.. I would do a leakdown and see what turns up.
 
What condition is your turbo in? Is your turbo leaking oil in to your compressor housing then forcing the oil in to your intake manifold? That seems like a lot of oil to just be coming from your PCV valve. On the exhaust side it could be a number of things. The oil looks milky so it seems like it is mixing with coolant, head gasket would be the culprit there.

Leaving that hose unplugged will not cause that as I ran mine to the ground without problems. Are you able to do a compression test or a leak down? It may answer your question when you pull the head and see what is exactly going on in there.


i did not change the head gasket yet im doing that hopefully tonight,
turbo is not spitting any oil out,
dident do this when i first got the car fall time, i put like 3 miles on the car and that was going up and down my block
im gonna be doing the head gasket then ill do a compression test and see whats going on
valves are clean ill post a pic later there very dry and no oil build up on them,
what else might it be for now??
 
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Was your pcv valve still hooked up?

My mazda was pulling a shit load of vacuum after the 2.5 swap, enough for about half a quart of oil to spill out of the intake manifold when I did valve cover gaskets about 10k after initial rebuild.
Looks like that combined with a possible blown hg/cracked head?

We're u noticing any smoke or drivability problems?
 
If your going to pull the head anyway, it might not be a bad idea to invest in a brand new set of viton valve stem seals while your in there, if you haven't already, check the compression and maybe do a leak-down test before you tear it all down, and make sure there is no oil in the radiator or vice versa, clean out your inter-cooler [I use gasoline] maybe it has some evidence of the milkshake inside...

If your still using the water style oil cooler, check the oil filter housing as well it might be mixing water and oil.
 
I would agree with the previous posts, looks like the head needs to come off.
Leaving the breather hose unhooked is ok, not a bad idea to hook it into a catch can. There are some really good articles on catch can setup and valve cover breathing.

Since your seeing saturation on the intake side but the piping from turbo is dry the valve seals could be leaking on intake and exhaust side as well. The brown mixed oil on exhaust points toward gasket or multiple cracks or both. It's too much for just condensation.

While the head is off check/replace everything as needed.

Not terrible, good luck and have fun!
 
here is what the fluid looks like

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If your going to pull the head anyway, it might not be a bad idea to invest in a brand new set of viton valve stem seals while your in there, if you haven't already, check the compression and maybe do a leak-down test before you tear it all down, and make sure there is no oil in the radiator or vice versa, clean out your inter-cooler [I use gasoline] maybe it has some evidence of the milkshake inside...

If your still using the water style oil cooler, check the oil filter housing as well it might be mixing water and oil.


i legit just bought valve stem seals there going in tn or tm
 
and guys no water in the oil and no oil in the water wtf is going on and i pulled the plugs they were covered in oil and water so im thinking head gasket!!!
 
I would agree with the previous posts, looks like the head needs to come off.
Leaving the breather hose unhooked is ok, not a bad idea to hook it into a catch can. There are some really good articles on catch can setup and valve cover breathing.

Since your seeing saturation on the intake side but the piping from turbo is dry the valve seals could be leaking on intake and exhaust side as well. The brown mixed oil on exhaust points toward gasket or multiple cracks or both. It's too much for just condensation.

While the head is off check/replace everything as needed.

Not terrible, good luck and have fun!


and a catch can i have already i need to weld fitting on to do a breather tank!!
 
and also here is the big one it seems its coming from the intake side.........okay so i just hooked up a hose to the valve cover pcv and i was able to blow into it (very little tho) i was also able to suck too (a much better flow) i did this a couple more time and then i herd a suddle sound and i wasent able to blow into it any more, it felt like the valve is getting stuck, i think that might be my oil problem?? but as far as the water i have no idea
 
You really should have done a compression and leak down test before removing the head bro. That is a oem composite hg. And looks like you had issues on number 4 and alittle on 1, see how clean the piston tops look compared to 2-3. I would check or have It checked to see if the head is warped.
 
I wouldn't sweat it at all. Milky stuff in the exhaust side is moisture and if you drove it a short period of time and parked it in the cold it will do that. The oil is most likely from the valve seals as those continue to leak after the engine is off. For you to get oil and or coolant in the cylinder and pushing out into the exhaust ports the engine must of ran terribly if at all. Normal on the intake side also if you have bad valve seals or a stuck PCV valve. Double check your charge piping for oil and if that isn't excessive replace valve stem seals and install a proper catch can.
 
I'd have the cylinder head looked at by a machine shop man. Make sure everything is good to go there. They'll resurface it too and you'll be able to rule an un-level head out of the equation as well.
 
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