Oil and turbo question

[drk mrk iv]

I am rebuilding my 7bolt and t25 (yea yea... I don't have any money right now). Anyways, I cranked it up for the first time about a week ago for about 5 minutes total. Didn't boost at all. I decided to replace my gaskets on the turbo dump tube (again), and noticed there wasn't too much oil there. Is this normal? Thanks.

 

[drk mrk iv]

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[DSMJim]

First off don't bump your threads this will get you banned.

Second there is only oil there when the car is running. The return is gravety fed when the car is running pressurizing the top. WHen you shut the car off the oil will run down and be gone. So when you pull the return off and there is not much there, thats because the car is not running. Pull the return off when the car is running and see what happens.. (I'm not suggesting you do this..)