Okay the leading plugs had a little bit of oil (very little, not soaked or anything) but the trailing plugs were clean.



Hopefully that helps some...

 

Hmmm, I noticed something interesting today. I made a block-off plate for the stock turbo oil return and bolted that up, but there's a small hole below the rear rotor exhaust port...what's it for? The gasket I have has a hole cut specifically for it but I'm not sure why. Maybe it has something to do with emissions? I don't know...I was just wondering if maybe this could be another source for the oil leak.



The exhaust ports check out, there's no oil coming from them at all, so it's somewhere else...

 

the oil restrictor is good, and you have it installed correctly.

the hole on the exhaust gasket is the egr port for emissions.

if you have oil in turbine then there could be soemthign wrogn with the turbo.

you wont be able to make so much oil pressur eat idle to blow by the turbo oil seals. check the oil drain and make sure it can drain, and that there are no kinks.

 

[quote name='kahren' date='Jul 4 2005, 10:11 PM']the oil restrictor is good, and you have it installed correctly.

the hole on the exhaust gasket is the egr port for emissions.

if you have oil in turbine then there could be soemthign wrogn with the turbo.

you wont be able to make so much oil pressur eat idle to blow by the turbo oil seals. check the oil drain and make sure it can drain, and that there are no kinks.


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I took off the oil drain line just to check it, everything is a-okay and both ends of the line had oil on them.



I don't know if that's enough to say it's flowing okay, but in my rookie mind it is.



Anything else it could POSSIBLY be?



I'm letting the block off plate cure as I put a lot of RTV on it so the seal was good. I'll give it a shot tomorrow to see if it has made any difference.

 

When I said the oil lines had oil on them, I meant the inside of the fittings...just clarifying!

 

I think you should just drive the car for 1000 miles and report back.

 

[quote name='Cheers!' date='Jul 5 2005, 07:46 AM']I think you should just drive the car for 1000 miles and report back.


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LOL. Aside from that, the car has been on blocks for some time waiting for a collar to fit FC 5lug hubs on FB spindles.

 

[quote name='Cheers!' date='Jul 5 2005, 04:46 AM']I think you should just drive the car for 1000 miles and report back.


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yeah, it needs to be run more

 

[quote name='j9fd3s' date='Jul 5 2005, 07:54 PM']yeah, it needs to be run more


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I can't tell if you guys are being serious or not.

 

we are. get the motor running for more then 2 seconds and report back.