Thread: Td5 oil leak - turbo area

There is a crushable gasket between the turbo and oil drain. They tend to leak if you reuse them.

Drain gasket is PNT100030

The Exhaust manifold to turbo nuts are M8. ESR2033

Exhaust to Turbo gasket is ERR6768

cheers
Paul

Thanks for the prompt reply Paul!

..and for the numbers, outstanding!
Cheers
Mike

Further to Pauls info, yes it is common I do them quite often, enough to keep those seals on the shelf.

Beware that the flange DOES distort if overtightened, I would carefully inspect it before refitting, if it is warped you will need to remove the pipe from its bottom fitting (24mm/ 15/16" spanner) in the block and reface it, I use the side of a dressed large grinding wheel to do it, but a linisher would be best.

JC

Thanks Justin
I've cleaned the pipe and filter off, so I'm going to take if for a run and see if I can positively ID the culprit...but from what you say, I think it may be the turbo not the filter.

As an aside, when looking round for my first Td5 6 years ago-ish, I inspected and rejected a nice example that had a flash oil filter remotely located on the firewall - my reasoning being "hmm, something must be wrong". Right or wrong, I know understand why they did it - changing the filter must have been a 20 second job!

Cheers
Mike

My td5 also leaked at the turbo return pipe when I first bought it.
I could smell hot oil at the traffic lights. Took a while to find the culprit.
The gasket cost about $3.00 and when I went to fit the new one I found the it had no gasket there at all! Now I knew why it was leaking.
End of problem.

I had one last week like that !, owner had had vehicle for only a short time, bought it in Vic and lives here. Oil leak was a constant and found that the previous owner had fitted a new turbo with no gasket to the oil return.

Easy fix

JC

Originally Posted by worane

My td5 also leaked at the turbo return pipe when I first bought it.
I could smell hot oil at the traffic lights. Took a while to find the culprit.
The gasket cost about $3.00 and when I went to fit the new one I found the it had no gasket there at all! Now I knew why it was leaking.
End of problem.

Originally Posted by justinc

I had one last week like that !, owner had had vehicle for only a short time, bought it in Vic and lives here. Oil leak was a constant and found that the previous owner had fitted a new turbo with no gasket to the oil return.

Easy fix

JC

Full points to both JC and Worane - did the oil return today and surprise, surprise...there was no gasket. Which makes me wonder - it's a bit of pain to get to so if youve already pulled it apart, why not put a 3 buck gasket in!

However, this does not appear to be the end of the leak/s.

As if...

The side and bottom of the sump (where it kind of flares out) and engine mount bracket on the block are very wet with oil. I'm trying to figure out if that oil return is leaking where it joins the block, the sump gasket needs replacing or there's some other piece of plumbing under the exhaust manifold that could be leaking - a fair bit too given how much is on the crossmembers and gearbox? Will degrease again in daylight and check.

Also, do the rocker cover gaskets have a tendency to go on the driver's side toward the rear? Both cars seem damp down that rear part of the block and I can't see anything there other than the FPR?

Cheers
Mike

Similar scenario to you..ended up being a shot O ring in the engine oil cooler .

Both our Td5's leaked from the rocker gasket right side rear and at the rear. I got rid of that for good by Ditching the rubber gromets and using fiber x1and metal x1 washers under the cover bolts.