Turbo oil seals

[JoelR]

Just installed a new hybrid turbo core in my turbo and got it all back together and did something dumb.

Left the bung I had in the turbo oil drain pipe and bolted it back up in my haste. Fired it up and after a minute or 2 noticed oil coming from the exhaust , car was running for a couple minutes max.

Have I completely ruined the oil seals or if I clean it up and go again will it be ok ? It only leaked from the exhaust , nothing came out the front of the housing .

[shack]

Just installed a new hybrid turbo core in my turbo and got it all back together and did something dumb.

Left the bung I had in the turbo oil drain pipe and bolted it back up in my haste. Fired it up and after a minute or 2 noticed oil coming from the exhaust , car was running for a couple minutes max.

Have I completely ruined the oil seals or if I clean it up and go again will it be ok ? It only leaked from the exhaust , nothing came out the front of the housing .It's not ideal.

I've heard of it before though.

I'd pull the bung and try again.

It is possibly ok, but it will take a while for the previous issue to "clear"...IE smoke and oil etc.

[JoelR]

Thanks for the reply , Pulled the bung out , stripped turbo apart and cleaned thoroughly, cleaned out exhaust , bolted all back together and have just completed a good few test run and not a puff of smoke to be seen.

Looks like I may have dodged a bullet this time. Time will tell.

[JoelR]

Thanks for the reply , Pulled the bung out , stripped turbo apart and cleaned thoroughly, cleaned out exhaust , bolted all back together and have just completed a good few test run and not a puff of smoke to be seen.

Looks like I may have dodged a bullet this time. Time will tell.

[DazzaTD5]

let me guess, it was a TD5 ?

*cough* you are not alone... back when I did heaps of TD5 hybrid cores, I did it TWICE! because being an idiot once wasn't enough.
Once on my TD5 and the other on my Dad's TD5 [bighmmm]

[JoelR]

You are correct sir, TD5 I must admit when I saw the Black Death liquid coming from the exhaust I had a hearty and thought I had messed up the assembly. Thought it over , looked at the work bench and noticed no red bung . From combing through a few forums and some YouTube videos it seems like it’s reasonably common but usually caused by the return line coking up or poor return pipe pluming directions / angles .

In my defence my mind and eyes were all over the place having also put in a new oil cooler , all radiator hoses, de-webbed and machined manifold and all new studs .