Soooo. Im replacing my valve cover gaskets today. Got to a part where the intake pieces needed to be removed to make things easier........LOW and BEHOLD theres oil in almost every part of the intake. Im assuming the worst and my turbos on its last legs.
Any ideas on what i should do?...money is the issue here. anyone got a used vf11 or vf10 i can swap? or somthing cheap?
Like the title says im gunna fucking cry.
Im gunna go cry myself to sleep.
92 ss 275k+mi, kartboy shifter/bushings, gauges. VRG3 FCD II, NGK I'4s, TDO5-16G 4" dp CAT-less 3"tbe 4.11 gears.
Chances are it was just collecting from all the overboosting you were doing. Oil does collect in the intake because of the PCV system, and that happens more when boost pressure is higher.
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1990 wagon, EJ25 12.3 @ 116.5 FAST Family wagon getting new motor soon
1992 wagon, wifes daily, high compression
1992 Touring wagon, should I keep it?
Wow, this is the second thread in as many days where someone is freaking out about oil in their intake tract. Maybe there should be a sticky explaining that it is normal.
It's normal, because of the PCV system, to have oil in the intake. The more boost you run, the more oil you'll have. My 16G causes a crap load of oil to get into my intake plumbing.
When I blew my other motor, the amount of oil I was getting in the intake became extremely ridiculous. I could poor the oil out of everything and the crank case pressure was so high that it was causing oil to sqeeze out of everything. Even my MBC lines were blowing oil. It was really obvious that something was wrong.
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I have literally pools of standing oil in my intake track. Also, Blackbart shipped me a Saab intercooler he pulled from the junkyard, and a quart of oil must have poured out of it.
I say don't fix it if it ain't broke. It's making boost, right?
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