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    how much oil do you lose?

    i just found out i have a set of viton valve stem seals from my gasket kit i got a few months ago, but what should i be doing about these so called sleeves
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    woah too much boost

    yea the car boost like normal 10-12psi ish.. hard to tell because my boost guage is where my cig lighter used to be and its hard to look down while driving. i'll be driving the car home tonight so i can get sum decent pulls in to test it. the old hose its pretty stiff, but its def not the...
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    woah too much boost

    ok bought hose replaced the one going from turbo to wastegate, so far so good... old hose looks fine.. so who knows lol maybe theres a hole there and i didn't look hardenough
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    woah too much boost

    i'll check it out and update u guys on the problem as soon. i gotta drive the car back to work and i'll update u guys from there
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    woah too much boost

    i guess i will check on that hose after my class is over.. hopefully the motor has cooled
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    woah too much boost

    i know there is never too much boost... lol but today when i got on the parkway my car boosts to 16psi and then hits FC, its been at 10psi for who knows how long. So what should i be looking for in terms of a cause? i did notice how today the weather is pretty cold (not sure if that should...
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    how much oil do you lose?

    hmm so is there any other parts i should replace while i have the seals off?
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    how much oil do you lose?

    from my understanding felpro valve stem seals is a no-no?
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    how much oil do you lose?

    i am maintaining my car that is why i am replacing the seals :)
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    how much oil do you lose?

    btw does anyone know about these sleeves that ij is speaking about?
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    how much oil do you lose?

    ok so make sure piston is down all the way fill cyclinder with how much psi? say 50psi? or is that too much? also where do i get these sleeves, thanks
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    how much oil do you lose?

    ok heres more detial i really hope i don't have to pull the head again (i did it to swap out as a saftey precaution when i went turbo) the car now has 60k on the motor (orig miles). when i do long distance highway driving its fine, i made it to canada from NJ without needing oil at all, but i...
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    turboxs

    i used to run a turbo xs, and it kept leaking at the flange where the bov gets screwed onto it..
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    how much oil do you lose?

    hopefully ij will chime in because i am looking at the trsm and i tried doing a search but nothing relavent really came up about the sleeves. i'll def just go with the toyota seals, just gotta make sure i order everything thanks
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    how much oil do you lose?

    yea i have a feeling its my turbo too but then again i did my ic pipes 2 weeks ago and they had a light coating of oil but nothing major. i also have a slow leak somewhere that is also contributing, but it is slow enough not to leave spots on my driveway. does anyone have a preference...
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    how much oil do you lose?

    btw shytheed are you loosing as much oil as me? its like every 600 miles 1 quart or if i WOT all the time for most of the tank then its like 1.5 tank to 1 quart
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    how much oil do you lose?

    does anyone have a link to it in the tsrm because i am looking at it now and they do it with the head off... edit: btw is this the right page http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?S=EM&P=41 ?? also if i use compressed air what kidn of fittings do i need to get the...
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    how much oil do you lose?

    uh oh valve seals.. how hard are those to replace... i never done those before.. does the head have to be taken off?
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    how much oil do you lose?

    I know alot of us have oil loss, so don't be embarassed how much oil do you loose? i loose about a quart every 2 gas tanks (boost dependant) i will see a nice cloud if i WOT for the first time in a while or if i start the car after a week of not driving it. it's weird because i remember...