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Did the engine builder deck the block by any chance?

Removed oil restrictors, decked block, forgot to replace??? :S

i suppose that could have happened but i would really hope not! i'm guessing the only way you can tell if there not there is by pulling the head off isn't it?

hmmmmm I am going through the same thing in my RB30DET

But my oil is commin from the Breather. I cant seperate the oil. I have tried heaps of things. All i can do now is run the breather from my catch can into a bottle in the engine bay and just live with it.

Need to install some baffles and have a better breathing system.

Yer its a head off job. :)

Ahh well.. See what Bill says about the turbo and go from there...

When do you expect to have the turbo back?

thought i would have heard from him by now. since i have a day off tomorrow i'll be heading down there to find out what's going on!

well it shoudnt matter too much if you have a new turbo to go on. Would be nice to know for sure what went wrong with the vg30.

Whats the new turbo specs?

Do i smell.....

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Don't worry i want more than anyone to find out whats going on with the turbo and won't be doing anything until i source the problem!

Put it this way the turbo will probably max out my injectors if i got Shaun to push it hard enough! (definitely won't be doing this though) I only got the turbo cause it was at a price that was too good to refuse otherwise i would've just persisted with the vg30!

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