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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: pointynoggin on November 19, 2012, 09:30:47 pm

Title: How much oil on turbo is too much?
Post by: pointynoggin on November 19, 2012, 09:30:47 pm

I get oil around the turbo to manifold hose and on the case of the compressor side.  When do you decide it is time to maintain the seals on such?

The car has 425000kms fresh rebuild, Giles pump, boosted to 16psi on a t3.

Have a friend with a newer tdi and had oil after the turbo and vw told him that normal.  Seems to me if you have that type of bearing it will leak, no?

Title: Re: How much oil on turbo is too much?
Post by: gldgti on November 20, 2012, 03:19:09 am

sometimes it may just be oil from the inlet (crank case ventilation) that leaks from the compressor housing slowly.

its a small problem on my high km GT-15 on my 1.9TD, and equally on my low km 1.9 PD TDI.