Engine Oil Has Come Out Of Pod

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hey guys.

i have a r32 gts-t. I have a 25neo turbo on is and a metal intake pipe, but it still has the hose that come off the rocker cover going into the intake pipe.

I opened the bonnet today, and noticed a nicely size pool of oil directly underneith the pod filter. i took the pod off and the inside was covered in oil as well as the AFM. I havnt had this happen before, even on track.

What has caused this and why?

Any help is appreciated!

Cheers, Josh

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no one

[The Mafia]

your turbo will be stuffed.

The seals will be gone it it, replace it before it blows to pieces and kills your engine.

Oh, and drive it steady off boost until you fix it.

[boostin_r33]

Wer'e u thrashing it after you looked under the bonnet?

[aphid]

is it possible you've sat on high rpm for too long and flooded the head with oil which in turn has flowed out through the breather into the intake?

[boostin_r33]

do u have an oil catch can? But if it was a large amount of oil it might be your turbo!

[The Mafia]

actually, I forgot about the breather going into the intake of the turbo. I could be that too, but take all the piping off and see where it came from. Its pretty easy.

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Thanks for the help guys!

I don't have an oil catch can. I wasn't thrashing it or sitting on high rpm and then looked under the bonnet. Just got up in the morning and went to change my power steering belt. I don't drive it daily either, just had to move it around the driveway yesterday, hasn't received any punishment lately. So it cant be blowby...

Ill take the intake pipe off and have a look, but not to sure what im looking for lol, how do i know if the seals have gone?

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Oh and even when i have been on track, i have never had oil come out there....

[paulR32gtr]

If the seals have gone on your turbo the compressor wheel will most likely be drowning in oil.

This may also be the case with blowby so just check the oil breather hose it would be filled with oil if heaps has come through it.

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Ok thanks for that, i did check the oil breather hose (stuck my pinky finger in there) and it was dry...

its not looking too good is it lol

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Ok, so i took off all the piping today. The inside of the metal intake pipe is covered in oil, a nice coating. The silicon joiner the connects the mouth of the turbo to the intake pipe has a pool of oil in it. The mouth of the turbo has some oil in it, maybe a teaspoon. The Impeller wheel looks fairly dry, but like i said i havn't really driven it in a while, or given it any shit. So with all this found, plus the oil that has come out of the pod and pooled below it im not too sure what to think....

Would it be blowing white smoke? i started it up and didn't notice any on idle.

[GTR-32U]

not good....Have you checked for oil inside the intercooler ?

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Actually no i havnt, ill go do that now.

Im happy and devo at the same time lol. If the turbo has gone, im not going to bother replacing it, as i have been looking for an excuse to put a RB25 in.

but i was hoping to make it to the next drift prc...

Ill be back in 15, and let yous know if i find any oil in the cooler.

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Ok, there is some oil in the bottom of the cooler on the turbo side, but i don't think it is anything abnormal. Its only a little bit.

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Ok well i think that im going to put it all back together now, go for a drive and see if i can see any white smoke coming out of the exhaust.

If there isnt any, does this mean that the seals are still good, and i have some how just had an extreme case of blow by?

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Ok what i have done is make a dodgie coke bottle catch can, and blocked off the hole going into the intake. this way i will be able to see if it is actually oil coming out of the turbo, and not get it confused with blow by.

[The Mafia]

actually you have a good thing.

Becuse if there was oil pissing out of the breather, it can be signs of a stuffed engine.

Turbo is ok, you can get replacements cheap.

[boostin_r33]

cheaper to replace a turbo

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Ok im not to sure whats going on. Like i said i cleaned up all the piping and put it all back on. Then made a dodgie catch can (moved the hose that goes into the intake into a coke bottle), and then went for a spirited drive. Now i would expect after a spirited drive that there would be some oil in the catch can...i got nothing in there, dry as a bone! Also took the intake pipe off again to have a look and cant see any more oil. So i officially have nfi whats going on...