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Old 07 Dec 2003, 03:04 pm
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Default Turbo leaking oil

Months ago when I took the silencers out of the intake I noticed some oil in the bottom of my air box. When we were fabricating stuff at my friends turbo shop we noticed that the oil was not just in the air box but at each connection. The turbo blade is loose. We took the air intake pipe off and turned the car on for 30 seconds or so.. turned it off and some oil was leaking out of the turbo. My friend said the reason the oil was in all the pipes and connections is because the force of the turbo blows the oil through everything. It made it to the TB so the oil was going in my engine also.

I took my car to the dealer on Thursday. On Friday they called me and said that they had 3 other turbo pt's and they all had some oil in the intake box and that Chrysler said some oil is normal. I went back to the dealer and looked at my car with the mechanic and showed him that is was the turbo that was leaking oil. I am bringing it back on Monday and they are going to order a new turbo (guess it is a star item and it will take 3 days or so to get in). I didn't know if anyone else noticed this problem?

Oh ya they were going to charge me a looking at the car fee. I asked to see the manager and told them that I talked to head Chrysler people at the Pomona block party thing and that I told them I was having problems with this dealership because my car was lowered. I recited the warrantee guidelines to them. I also told them that at the block party I had been given a 1-800# to call if I had any more problems. After that the service manager treated me very well.. not sure why..
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