oil in itercooler....!!!!

[GEOSTORM]

hello there my fellow supramaniacs hope all is well..
i have a question about the intercooler in my car
i was replacing the injector seals at intake and when i removed the intake hose to the 3000 pipe i noticed a lot of oil in the tube coming from the intercooler is this normal on this system ? i'm going nuts over this also the car doesn't seem to have power at all very slow and feels heavy on take off and it blows a lot of black smoke when going WOT what could be causing this problem any help is greatly appreciated .....
thanks again
and merry christmas to all mk3 owners out there....

 

[johnathan1]

Sounds like you have a large boost leak. And a coating of oil inside the IC piping is normal.

 

[Insidious Surmiser]

if pvc is hooked up.... yes... but still not a whole lot, but it'll be there... your turbo could be going out as well... just keep an eye on the oil level

 

[89turbotoy]

when i had the same problem (alot of oil in i/c piping) my turbo was bad

 

[lintlars]

either major blowby from worn rings or turbo seals are leaking

 

[IHI-RHC7]

Agreed, how many miles are on the engine?
-Jake

 

[lintlars]

do a leak down test to confirm if its blow by heres a link to a cheap tester I made one 50% on cylinder 3

http://www.xs11.com/tips/misc/misc3.shtml

 

[GEOSTORM]

Agreed, how many miles are on the engine?
-Jake

the engine has a little over 100k it may have more cause the speedo was not working when i bought it then i drove it like that for 2 months after i replaced the head gasket then i replaced all the speedo cables
what else could it be ?

geo

 

[QWIKSTRIKE]

when i had the same problem (alot of oil in i/c piping) my turbo was bad

Check for bad turbo.

 

[QWIKSTRIKE]

when i had the same problem (alot of oil in i/c piping) my turbo was bad

Check for bad turbo, or detonated pistons ,and blowby is happening:cry:

 

[starscream5000]

Also, if you're going to reuse the stock IC, gasoline will clean all of that blowby out pretty well .

 

[GEOSTORM]

Also, if you're going to reuse the stock IC, gasoline will clean all of that blowby out pretty well .

what exactly do you mean by that starscream ? please be more specific !!!!
thanx again

 

[rsaeini]

i think he's just saying clean the intercooler, don't just wipe off the ends and put it back on.
any type of automotive degreaser will clean out the oil pretty well.

 

[johnathan1]

How hard is the IC to remove? I think mine probably needs to be cleaned, but I'm wondering if it's actually worth doing. Would simple green max work as well as gasoline?

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

Easy, takes like 5 minutes.
Gas is better.

 

[Supracentral]

How hard is the IC to remove? I think mine probably needs to be cleaned, but I'm wondering if it's actually worth doing. Would simple green max work as well as gasoline?

The IC is easy to remove.

Cleaning it is definately worth doing. If your IC is dirty, you'll feel a difference in the way the car drives/responds after cleaning it. It's definately worth doing.

I've tried lots of different things over the years and gasoline works better than anything else. Simple green is "ok" but it will do a poor job compared to a gallon of gas.

 

[johnathan1]

Cool, I think I'll do it today.

LOL, think 200k miles and a blown CT-26 will make it dirty?

 

[mattjk]

A wet nitrous kit before the intercooler works best