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HUGE Oil LEAK HELP!!

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Kprime911

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Jul 17, 2004
Warren, Michigan
hello

i recently noticed my car was leaking oil yesterday and i thought well it could be a small oil leak and i drove it home from work and early this morning i saw this huge ass oil spot underneath my car. I then drove it to work and i noticed my turbo is like not making my car go faster it just spools up but I'm still going slow as hell. After i got off from work i saw another huge oil spot and there is some oil on the bottom of the car so i check under the hood and i see it leaking from around my turbo. i cant really exactly see where its leaking out from so i just took a picture and circled around the area its leaking at.

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Sorry for the crappy picture i took it with my cell phone at night.

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is any smoke coming out from you tail pipe, if it is then you probally have a bad turbo seal, as for no power, do a boost leak test,if every thing checks out,check your front main seals to see if they have oil on them, if they do then you probally have excessive crank case pressure and i would do a comp test to check your rings.
 
The area circled is either a bad valve cover gasket or a problem with your oil feed line.
First thing you should do is replace the crush washers on the head and turbo of the oil feed line. Make sure you torque them to the right spec.
You said your turbo isn't making any power anymore also. Do you have an aftermarket boost gauge? What psi was and is it reading? Are there any sounds now, that weren't there before? And every question that boosted86 asked also. :D
 
ddavisaf said:
The area circled is either a bad valve cover gasket or a problem with your oil feed line.
First thing you should do is replace the crush washers on the head and turbo of the oil feed line. Make sure you torque them to the right spec.
You said your turbo isn't making any power anymore also. Do you have an aftermarket boost gauge? What psi was and is it reading? Are there any sounds now, that weren't there before? And every question that boosted86 asked also. :D


You should consider doing a boost leak test as well. If you dont have a boost leak tester, check this link out.


http://www.vfaq.com/mods/ICtester.html
 
yes i do have smoke coming out of my tailpipe andi do have a aftermarket boost gauge and it reads up to 15 psi where i put it at and the turbo still sounds fine as if i was making power.
 
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