burning oil

[evoetr]

hey guys. i have here a 92 gt legacy. standard. when i brought it, it was leaking oil on to the exaust on the right hand side from the rocker cover gaskets. i have replaced them but its still buring oil on the exaust somewhere up by the turbo? it doesnt smoke at idle no mater how long its idling for it only starts after the turbo has been spooled up. then stops again once u are idling (or driving like a nana haha) i have cleaned all the residue of the pipe. theres no visable oil leak and it doesnt blow any smoke out the exhaust all.

any help would be greatly appriceated

[Legacy777]

Welcome to the BBS.

When you replace the rocker gaskets, did you replace the grommets around where the bolts are? Can you see any fresh oil on the engine or up-pipe around where it's smoking?

Where exactly are you seeing the smoke come out?

[evoetr]

yep i replace all the gromets aswell. the smokes coming off the flange where the turbo bolts to the exaust that comes up from the RH manifold to turbo. theres also oil dripping off the flange that that pipe connects to manifold. i have a feeling it could be that copper washers for the oil feed where it bolts to the head?

[Legacy777]

Yeah, it could be that, or it could be the oil feed line on the turbo as well. It takes the same copper gasket as what is on the head.

Have you tried pressure washing the engine bay to clean everything up to make the oil leak more visible? That's probably what I'd suggest doing next.

[evoetr]

yeah im in the process of swaping the engine into another car so i will be cleaning up everything in the process..