purple5ive
that looks normal, if oil is dripping out of it then its starting to look bad..
i have a feelign the oil in front of the turbo your seeing is from the older one and hasnt been cleaned off properly..
clean it properly and then have a check regularly to see if its happenign again..
also i dont see any oil from the bov either (cause its been vented to atmo and doesnt look like oil spray anywhere) so might be ok
clean the pipe and have a look after that is my suggestion..
cheers
Thanks for all you help. I'll clean it and keep an eye on it.
Mrskylighter
I have another possible theory in regards to the crud in the turbo inlet.
Are any of the air inlet hoses/piping damaged or split anywhere? Even a tiny split will be letting in unfiltered air which when mixed with small amounts of oily air could form a cruddy thick sludge type effect.
I'd be checking very thoroughly every single pipe joint, hose, hose clamp, catch can setup (inlcuding pipes) for a crack or split.
With your old busted up turbo I took the compressor cover of it and managed to clean off all the same looking thick crud from it. The compressor wheel is absolutely destroyed (extremely worn on the edges) Like if a brand new wheel has a diameter of 48.1mm your broken turbo comp wheel was 42mm or something.
It appears something more than just oily air is being sucked in to wear away the metal blades of the comp wheel.
Thats a fair point. I'll go over it with a fine tooth comb and see what I come up with.
As for the turbo....it doesnt surprise me that its in that sort of condition as the filter on the half cut was rusted and the foam was falling to pieces.
purple5ive
good point nick.
i also happened to see what i think is a pic of a Mushroom FOAM type filter (like the ones HKS make) in the 3rd pic..
if thats the case it will let in a lot more dirt, mix that with little bit of blowby oil and there could be the black oil issue.. not to mention wear on the compressor
do you live in an area with a lot of dust (like a country road) if so these could all be related
You're right. The half cut I got came with a HKS mushroom filter. It was well past its life as the mesh was rusted and the foam was brittle and falling to bits. That filter went straight in the bin and didnt make it into my car.
I live on a small property but the most dust I come into contact with is on my driveway other than that I only drive on sealed roads.
I think I will give that crankcase breather a go and eliminate all oil going into the intake pipe. Also I will get myself a urethane pod filter to make sure im not getting any unfiltered air into the turbo and I will clean up oil inside the turbo and keep an eye on it to see if it returns.
If that doesnt solve the issue is it possible that the oil return pipe from the turbo that goes to the sump could be blocked or backing up into the turbo causing oil to pass over the seals and therefore leaking into the intake?