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what would cause this?

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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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what would cause this?
so i was looking at my stock td04 now that it is out of the car and i saw this....

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any ideas on what may cause this? if you cannot see it, there is oil.
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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i cant see it

and a bad seal in the turbo
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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+1 for the bad seal. It looks like blow by oil.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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Worth rebuilding?
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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well it depends if you want to go faster

if you happy with the speed rebuild it

if not buy a bigger better turbo
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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i have a vf43 on the suby now, protuned and supporting mods (thanks Ed) just wondering if it would be worth money to someone to buy from me and invest the money to rebuild it...??
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i dont want to just throw it away... maybe ill make a HUGE paper weight out of it... WOW dream big
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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Why rebuild it when a new one is cheap?
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get a new one
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 12:33 AM
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i am running a vf43 now.... just wondering if it is rebuildable, to possibly sell it for someone to port/polish it n turn it into a big16g. i dont want to rip someone off either.
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