Are oil deposits indicative of impending turbo failure?
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 10:32:40 PST From: maj@frame.com (Michael Jue) To: gca!faill@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: Trouble with Turbos? Cc: swedishbricks@me.rochester.edu > Once I had this tube off, I noticed oil deposits inside > of it and in the the flexible connectors that the tube > attaches to at either end. I don’t remember seeing oil > before in these places. Deja vu at work here…I had the same thing occur recently on my ’87 740T. I was freaking out and screaming hysterically about new turbos and seals and this and that…but then the collective wisdom of the net (I think it was Mike Mahler…where is he anyway?) calmed me down. It might be an indicator of a bad turbo but MORE LIKELY, just some blow by of the oil due to old valve guides and the like… It’s still doing this on mine to some degree but not enough for me to get excited about since the car is not consuming inordinate amounts of oil and the car still runs strong with boost coming on as normal. Probably you’re OK so long as
