Turbo seal? NEED help quick-Anyone have stock turbo for me?

**njm23** · 01-19-2009 11:51 AM

Okay, well after a lot of headaches lately I decided to do my leaky cam seal today since I was loosing quite a bit of oil. I pulled off my front mount only to see this. Oil in the charge pipes. The cold side seams to of had a bit more than the hot side. You can see the puddle it created on the cold side. BTW this was only after letting them sit there for about 2 minutes.

My PCV setup is ran to the ground, and has been since the motor went back together. The only things on my tip are my DV and N75. The car seams to smoke more at idle when sitting for a while and then clears up for the most part as i drive at a steady speed.

What do you guys think? My car burns both oil and coolant randomly from the looks of the smoke.

PICS
coldside

hotside

coldside oil on finger

IF it is the turbo seals, does anyone have a ko3 they can sell or give me? I need one ASAP! doesn't matter what year it's from ect.. just no seals blown. PM if you have one for me! I'm in 08723 and would pay you to ship it here quickly.

Thanks

**Poopie** · 01-19-2009 01:15 PM

Definantly seems to be the turbo seals. That rough man. I'm sure someone has a turbo laying around.

**njm23** · 01-19-2009 01:51 PM

Yeah, I can't imagine it being anything else.. I mean the head gasket was just replaced and I made sure everything went on perfect and the correct way. But yet my car still seamed to burn oil and coolant, so I was lost as to how this could keep happening, until today when I decided to do the cam seal and i saw all that in my piping..

I know a guy has a ko3 layin around on the other side of town, hopefully he lets me have it for the time being till the new turbo goes in. This shit sucks though, everything is happening all at once with this car. Is there a definite way to tell if it is the seals? I pulled the turbo out, but don't see anything obvious, can I pull the hotside or coldside off a ko3 to check inside it?

**Poopie** · 01-19-2009 01:59 PM

you can pull the hot side off to reveal the CHRA but I honestly couldn't tell you what to look for. Just loosen all those bolts with a 10mm wrench that hold on those clips and turn them so you can pop the hot side off. I don't think the turbo would be burning coolant though since its used to cooling and its pretty much sealed. The oil has seals cause it lubricates the bearings.

**lowandslow4now** · 01-19-2009 02:03 PM

WOW looks like mine when my turbo went I hope it didnt leave you on the side of the road like mine did.

**njm23** · 01-19-2009 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by Poopie

you can pull the hot side off to reveal the CHRA but I honestly couldn't tell you what to look for. Just loosen all those bolts with a 10mm wrench that hold on those clips and turn them so you can pop the hot side off. I don't think the turbo would be burning coolant though since its used to cooling and its pretty much sealed. The oil has seals cause it lubricates the bearings.

Yeah, well like I said I really have issues with seeing what the true color of the smoke is, since it was night time last night although I did see some smoke. But then this morning when I started it to put in my garage it was burning oil, so good chance it was oil but I couldn't tell the smoke color. I'm gunna pull it apart, just curious to see. It won't be going back in though, that's for sure.

Nah mine isn't THAT bad thankfully, I can still drive the car. I drove it 100 miles yesterday with minimal smoking at highway speeds but then it would smoke bad while idling or at a slow unsteady speed. All seams odd, but idk.