As I said , it was almost destroyed !!!! , I boosted great as usual "slow rolled " like before when at idle , still made that glorious whistling sound .........but there was some blue smoke , then some more , then some more. When I checked my sump level , it had fallen !!!!. Since the unit was still on warrantee I decided to remove it and have it checked , after taking it off I looked down the oil drain (which is -10AN in size) tube and saw that the teflon tubing inside the steel braid had collapsed !!!!!!!!!!, blocking off about half of the ID.

It has since been opened , what was found was a damaged rear oil seal , everything else checked out to be good !! , there was a slight bit of discoloration on the shaft though suggesting inadequate oil feed , but the bearings were still in spec. , the dealer is supplying a new overhaul kit and repairing it for free.

 

lucky.. Time for an oil pressure gauge...

 

YIKES!!!!!

 

wow lucky!

 

Has anybody ever said that to you?

 

On the other forum I was advised to use a WEBBER carb jet #2*** as a restrictor , when I went for it , the shop did'nt have it so I ended up taking one that was two sizes larger (I still thaught that it was too small but I didn't want to rish damage to my engine ) , I threded it into my fitting and went on my way , now the "turbo Guy" says that there were signs of oil starvation (bluish marks on the shaft) which may have occured at higher revs. , I noticed something during a high speed , high rev run trying to "teach" my EVC, the sump low level alarm ligh flashed for a second , when I checked the oil level it was down to the half mark , from full!!.

 

nope