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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: james1978 on February 07, 2009, 12:15:24 pm

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: james1978 on February 07, 2009, 12:15:24 pm

seemede the turbo was on its way out
smoking like mad

engine sounds ok

now oil is literally running out the exzaust

is it likely to be seal on turbo, or something worse???

thanks

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: burn_your_money on February 07, 2009, 12:24:40 pm

Take the oil filler cap off the car with it running and rev it up. That says filler, not filter just to be clear :wink: If you get plums of smoke coming out, it's an engine problem. If not, it's more then likely your turbo. It could be as simple as a clogged air filter

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: james1978 on February 07, 2009, 01:24:54 pm

it did smoke the other day when took cap off whilst running
but was empty on oil anyway
would that not make it smoke??

if it is that, whats it likly to be wrong??

turbo seams to spool up ok

i hope its not engine failure

its in a vwt4
abl engine

i have an aaz engine with less mile i could fit

hope its not that serious though!!  :cry:

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: Smokey Eddy on February 07, 2009, 01:30:22 pm

well you'll have to recognize the difference between oil vapour and obvious blow by. Blow by is what you would be seeing coming out of that breather. Some is expected. You could post a video of it?


I'd take Tyler's advice and try running the engine without the air filter and see if there is still heaps of oil. I guess if the oil has made it all the way to the end of the tail pipe ... it would take a long time to see if it has stopped bleeding oil.

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: burn_your_money on February 07, 2009, 01:43:08 pm

Hang on, I never said I'd run the motor without the air filter.

If it's coming out the oil filler cap it's usually rings. You should do a leak down and compression test to see if the engine is worth investing in.

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: james1978 on February 07, 2009, 01:53:53 pm

not rings, or blocked filter

started from cold no worries today
ran pretty fine

its only got first section of exaust on

the oil literally poors out, after driving for about 5 mins, you can see it running out of zaust, no smoke on tick over, just oil running

oil light came on after 5 mins as i said

anyone had anything similar, or think its possible from turbo oil seal having gone, would it pass so quicky, or just smoke its tits off??

thanks

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: 8v-of-fury on February 07, 2009, 02:03:59 pm

sounds like you've got a 2-stroke in there :P

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: james1978 on February 07, 2009, 04:37:26 pm

Quote from: "libbybapa"

You could have a blocked turbo oil return line or blocked crank vent line.  Either can cause oil to blast out of the turbo.

Andrew

so check alll breathers and hoses, and oil feed to turbo??

i hope its nothing major!!!

thanks

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: Smokey Eddy on February 07, 2009, 05:12:08 pm

well no/low oil pressure and leaking a steady amount of oil out of the exhaust i'd  say is a serious issue in it's self :P

If the turbo was infact forcing oil into the hot side wouldn't that be an oil seal issue? ergo a non-serious but i somewhat decent weekend repair job?


(tyler i know you didn't say go no air filter. I didn't mean to come across like that. sorry. I meant just try idling with no air filter and be sure not to pour your collection of steel/allum filings into the intake hose.)

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: james1978 on February 08, 2009, 09:46:24 am

ecelant info
thanks chaps  :wink:

ill check it out later in week, and let you know how it goes

ill replace all the above with new items, just in case

Title: oil comming out of exaust
Post by: james1978 on February 12, 2009, 10:35:33 am

well at least the engine should be ok

got turbo off

shaft snapped

so new turbo it is then

the one off it, is a garrett t15

there is a garrett gt1544 new on the bay cheap

is it the same??
looks it!