I pulled off the gooseneck from the turbo going to the intake on my 1.6TD, and I found it to have a bit of oil on the inside, like there is oil migrating past the bearings or seals in the turbo and making its way into the compressor side. I rebuilt this turbo and it is on a fresh motor....I have less than 200 miles on it.
I know ideally the compressor side should be clean, and free of oil, but how much might you find in there? The turbo rebuild was really straightforward, and I cant imagine I got anything wrong in there, and the turbine shaft looked perfect, I wonder what the deal is?
A few posts down there is a thread about oil line restrictors. I was thinking maybe I have too much oil going to the turbo. But I made up a stainless braided supply line, and the fittings for it have smaller orifices than the original fittings for the hard supply line, so I dont think I'm getting too much oil.
Maybe the turbo is just shot. I noticed after the rebuild it seemed to have a bit more radial play in the shaft than I expected, but the compressor wheel didnt hit the housing or anything so I figured it was fine. I also suspected that once it got an oil supply the oil would take up most of that play. Ideas?
Topic: oil in Turbo (Read 4607 times)
