Robert Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 hi guys, my friends just bought a stock j-spec supra, i mean STOCK!, stock airbox and exhaust both CATs in and all the rest. I just had a quick once over on his car and ive seen a big puddle of oil in the bottom of his airbox and the filter was oil soaked half way up, we cleaned it up and went for a drive and there was more oil there also there is oil dripping down on one side of his stock SMIC. Also his oil is completely cooked and there is a funny black sludge inside his oil cap, it feels all lumpy and is black. Now i havent had a chance to look in his intercooler pipes to check for oil but i take oil in the airbox is a sign of the turbo seals on their way out and the cooked oil will need a change along with the filter, any ideas why the oil is there because the car only has 16,000 miles on the clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jspec Germany Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Sounds like blown turbo seals. Any blue smoke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 any ideas why the oil is there because the car only has 16,000 miles on the clock Is that 16,000 'import' miles though? ie: pick a number and hope for the best... could be 116,000 lets face it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 hi guys, any ideas why the oil is there because the car only has 16,000 miles on the clock. Not going to ask you how much he/she paid for the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelG Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Does indeed sound like a turbo / seal / ring problem, but i am no expert.....i am sure one of the Techies will be along soon and give more accurate advice. 16000 miles sounds a bit iffy though, unless its a very genuine (rare) low mileage car. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Rob, you could bring it down with you Sunday for a group inspection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 to be honest i wish he had of told me when he was buying the car but i was away, he paid £8k for the car and it completely stock, expect it doesnt have the stock rear wing . The interior is worn just as bad as my 100K mile car so i thought something wasent right there. Its also a 93 model so the 16k miles sounded wierd. Not much sign of blue smoke but it was at 11 at night that i checked the car over so i couldnt really tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 Rob, you could bring it down with you Sunday for a group inspection thats what i wanted to do, but he has to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Sounds very much like blown turbos Hope the sludge under the oil cap isn't anything more sinister though, other than needing a service badly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 ok well he has managed to get the day off work so i'll be bringing him along to bovingdon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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