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• oil comming out of exaust by james1978 on 07 Feb, 2009 12:15
• 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
• #1 by burn_your_money on 07 Feb, 2009 12:24
• 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
• #2 by james1978 on 07 Feb, 2009 13:24
• 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:
• #3 by Smokey Eddy on 07 Feb, 2009 13:30
• 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.
• #4 by burn_your_money on 07 Feb, 2009 13:43
• 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.
• #5 by james1978 on 07 Feb, 2009 13:53
• 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
• #6 by 8v-of-fury on 07 Feb, 2009 14:03
• sounds like you've got a 2-stroke in there
• #7 by james1978 on 07 Feb, 2009 16:37
• 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
• #8 by Smokey Eddy on 07 Feb, 2009 17:12
• 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
  
  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.)
• #9 by james1978 on 08 Feb, 2009 09:46
• 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
• #10 by james1978 on 12 Feb, 2009 10:35
• 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!