5kcdtq Turbo

[Eyvind Spangen]

On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 19:08:10 -0800, you wrote:

>I took apart the intake system today to get the air filter changed. Who
>designed that setup? Am I the only one who finds changing the air filter
>a bit of a PITA? Anyway, I noticed that the intake tract had oil in it.
>A bit of oil in the intake opening of the turbo.

You are safe. The oil mostly comes from the crankcase ventilation
system and is perfectly normal. The turbo is probably OK, the exhaust
side seal usually goes first and makes blue smoke from the exhaust.
The water-cooled turbos found in most of those cars tend to last very
long too, if you don't abuse the turbo. (like, "spirited driving" and
then sut the engine right off with glowing turbo)

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Regards,
ES