Leaking turbo already.... tears :-(

[HeathGTST]

Well monday night was one of the most exciting days of my life.. I have wanted a skyline since I was 16 or 17 but could never justify spending so much on insurance costs. Now im 20 and i can afford it all I have purchase my 1st Skyline, and not just any Skyline. Its an R33 GTST with quite a few mods on it. Im sure most of you have seen the car before, Its Denton old car, number plates MSPEC2. I have done about 200klms in the car in a matter of 4 days which is actualy less than what I expected I would have done. On Wednesday night I noticed that there was a bit of oil on the power steering rack and on the side of the block. I gave it a pressure clean and it came up a million bucks.

Yesterday I got to work and had a talk to one of the mechanics who is a Skyline driver and I got him to have a look at it. We put it up on the hoist at lunch time and I was suprised at how much oil is leaking out of the turbo. The car is fitted with a HKS GT25/35 turbo. I believe it is coming from the oil return line where the flange bolts up to the turbo itself. And also the oil feed line at the top of the turbo is weeping aswell.

I rang Ben from Race Pace and im going to get him to have a look at it but its going to be next thursday before he can look at it. Untill then its back to the V6 Camry.

I have attached a photo (taken off a Nokia camera phone) of what it looks like from underneth the car.

Has anyone else had a similar problem? Is it a big deal? any advice?

Thanks guys

[Robo's]

That looks like its coming from the top oil line on the turbo. Do you have the turbo shield off? Take it off and you can see all the lines quite easily.

I just bolted my lines up last night, hopefully they dont leak,

[HeathGTST]

theres no shield on the top of the turbo... I cant really get to the top line because it has an L shaped connection from the braided hose to the turbo which doesnt actualy allow me to get a spanner in there difficult...

What actualy seals the oil feed line? Gasket? O ring? I am led to believe the oil drain line is a copper gasket! I ordered a oil return line gasket from nissan yesterday but i dont know if it will fit because i have a HKS turbo

[Robo's]

Have you got a picture of your top connector??? It should be brass.

The bottom one is a paper gasket. It is a different size to the standard turbo. You can buy some gasket paper and cut it too fit, its very easy and will cost you a $1.

[HeathGTST]

dont have a picture of it unfortunatly... i should have taken one but i didnt. Its a very tight spot to get into the L shaped fitting makes it hard plus the wastegate actuator rod and braided hose....difficult

[Robo's]

Yeah the top one is a bugger depending upon the connection thats been adapted to it. I finally got mine on last night. I had to take it off coz i couldnt do the back nut between the turbo and the manifold. Lucky i got it on, if it leaks im in trouble,