I wish I was making this stuff up... Anyone know where I can get parts for a Garrett turbo?
Thanks -Dave Walton On 10/3/05, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dave walton wrote: > > I tried M-1 5w-40 truck and SUV oil and found that an excessive amount > > was leaking from the turbo into the intake manifold. Something like 2 > > quarts in 100 miles. Running the engine with the crossover pipe > > removed shows droplets exiting at idle and a fine oil mist exiting the > > turbo starting at around 2000 rpm. I drained the system and went back > > to M-1 15w-50 and the problem essentially went away as I noticed no > > oil consumption in a 300 mile trip this weekend. > > I'd love to use the 5W-40 this winter, but the expense of feeding the > > leak and the bad karma from pissing off whoever is driving behind me > > makes me want to fix the problem. > > There is a brass bushing in the turbo (Garrett G3 - I think) on the > > compressor side that I suspect could be the culprit, but that's only a > > guess on my part. > > > > And advice appreciated... > > > > Oh yea, this is on my 94 S350. 182,000. miles. > > I have used Mobil 1 15W-50 and Delvac 1 5W-40 (same as Mobil 1 T&SUV) > interchangeably and have seen or heard of NO problem similar to what you > describe. That problem has NEVER been reported by anyone else (and there > are a lot of users of both on this list or the others I follow). I > suppose there could be some serious flaw in your engine/turbo, but I > don't know of one that would discriminate between a 5W-40 and 15W-50 oil > as you've described. > > Marshall > -- > Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) > "der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > '87 300TD 181Kmi,'87 190D 2.5 199Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 227Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 > 159Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 234kmi > > >
