[Vwdiesel] New Car, New to Turbos and of course New Question --Getting Closer

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Thanks to everyone giving advice...
 
>From what I can tell it looks like this line is leaking. It is tough to really see what is going on because of the line is located within the motor mount and my inability to really see the connection to the turbo itself. I will explain what I do see: There is enough oil leaking that the underside of the car is pretty well marked with oil as far back as rear seat/trunk area (it is concentrated on the passenger side)--I think i lost about 3/4 qt. during the 100 mi. I drove it. There is oil all over the bottom of the pan (which is what made me think originally the pan was leaking--along with PO putting a nice dent in the pan). The flex part of return line itself is coated in oil and that area of the motor mount is pretty well coated. The metal (fixed) part of the return line which makes its way through the motor mount and to the turbo seems to be dry. The turbo itself is stained around the area of the return line coupling but is not coated or drenched like the flex line. That is why I
 am thinking its just the flex line. Does this sound logical? I guess it could be leaking at the fixed part of the return line coupling to the turbo. Either way I need to remove the return line. right?
 
As for removing the return line --I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for removing the coupling off the pan? It  seems to be real tight and hard to get at since the nut is greater than 19 mm. The closeness to the pan makes an adjustable wrench not very efficient. Do I need to take the pan off? Get larger open end wrench (stubby)? 
 
I haven't even started to think about the nut off the turbo yet.
 
Thanks for the support
 
Andrew
 
Shawn Wright <swright at zuiko.sls.bc.ca> wrote:
Before you go that far, make sure it is the line that is leaking. There are a multitude 
of places where oil can leak from in these turbos, and many will result in the oil 
trickling down the drain line. In my 1.6TD with Garrett turbo, any oil in the intake 
(from blowby) can escape through a slight leak in the wastegate return fitting, which 
is just a rubber seal. But if the return line is dry above the flex section, and wet below, 
it is most likely a split in the hose inside that braided section.

On 6 May 2005 at 22:56, mikitka wrote:

> That line is easy to replace, at least on my 91 ECO it is. There is a local
> place here that can make just about any line, so if you can take it off maybe
> there is a similar shop there that can make it. This place here in NC is a
> heavy duty truck repair shop that works on all kinds of brake, hydraulic and
> such lines. Nick
> 
> 
> 
> Upon closer inspection, it seems the oil return line of turbo is leaking.
> Line comes off oilpan as a flex hose and then changes to a solid hose
> somewhere along its path to turbo and through rear engine mount. How bad is this
> situation? and where do I begin to fix? I can't make out the exact location of
> the leak but see that the motor mount flange is soaked in oil.
> 
> Any suggstions?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
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Shawn Wright
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'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
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