if theres oil in my intake and in the air side of my turbo and if i put coolant in and it leaks out of my exhaust (uppipe and rear side) BUT its not burning anything or making any goofy smoke its a preety safe assumtion my turbo is KAPUT?

 

by the intake i mean the air side ofthe turbo and the throttle body. there was NO oil before the turbo though. im also leaking coolant but i didnt see any of that in the air side only exhaust side.

weird though because theres no shaft play to speak of. i would make sense though because its not spooling but i thought it was due to the o2 sensor being bad and the ECU not letting it.

some background on the car. i just bought it for a stupid low price. its a 01 RS with a WRX swap. the check engine light was on for somthing with the fuel pump and the o2 sensor. i fugures the ecu wasnt letting it boost. now im starting to think that the o2 was runied by the blown turbo. after i bought it i found out that it wouldnt hold coolant fir long but i couldnt see where it was going and it wasnt burning. when she started to overheat the last time while i was trying to limp it home i pulled over and refilled it with coolant but it wouldnt hold it. i traced it to coming out the bottom of the uppipe and then when the flatbed tilted the car a ton came out the exhaust. yesterday i went on a hunch (hell it wasnt doing anything sitting there) and pulled the turbo to find ALOT of oil in the intake track after the turbo (air side, IC piping, throttle body) which leads me to belive that my turbo is toast. any ideas?

 

anyone?

 

the oil could be emissions from the pcv valve. is it a thin coating of the surfaces, or is there a lot of oil?

 

it probably a BAD turbo........cuz you got oil and coolant going thru the turbo.....

 

i would also say it is probably your turbo. maybe one of the seals on the inside gave.

 

thanks guys!

 

bigger turbo would look nice in there!

 

yeah but i need better injectors, fuel pump, and an ecu for a vf34 and why would i go any less than that?

 

of course those things always has join in with a bigger turbo...... but only thing that is standing in my way is the $$. i was thinking of going with the TD06. <crazy! i currently have a helix DP.... is that goin to fit on that?

 

if the flange is the same