5kcdtq Turbo

[james accordino]

Nope, the heat "cooks" some components of the oil into
coke.  This substance has the hardness of steel and
will ruin your turbo chop-chop.

Jim Accordino

--- Aaron Gibson <crankshaft at adelphia.net> wrote:
> (like, "spirited driving" and then sut the engine
> right off with glowing
> turbo)
>
> Is this really true? I would think the heat of the
> turbo itself would create
> a gravity flow
> back to the pan. I heard people call that an old
> wives tale. Opinions
> anyone?
>
> Aaron
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eyvind Spangen" <eyvind.spangen at c2i.net>
> To: "George Harris" <harchris at smokesignal.net>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 4:19 AM
> Subject: Re: 5kcdtq Turbo
>
>
> > 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)
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > ES
> >
>


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