Good feeling gone ... 996 turbo oil leaks
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That "quote" came out strange ... still learning how to use this site. Thanks all for helpful thoughts ... and will stop sweating the oil ....
Swung by P Dealer today and service advisor saw above picture and said he sees this a lot on turbos ... recommended as did thomapa1 and others that I put a few hundred more miles on it before they check it out. Given that it didn't get a lot of drive time in past year, said things could seal up a bit and thought that 5W oil that was put in will help. Said if there is a leak it could be 3-5k in work ... not great, but not end of the world.
Good feeling coming back!!! Thx all.
Swung by P Dealer today and service advisor saw above picture and said he sees this a lot on turbos ... recommended as did thomapa1 and others that I put a few hundred more miles on it before they check it out. Given that it didn't get a lot of drive time in past year, said things could seal up a bit and thought that 5W oil that was put in will help. Said if there is a leak it could be 3-5k in work ... not great, but not end of the world.
Good feeling coming back!!! Thx all.
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Good thing to keep in mind, if you run your TT hard make sure you wait in a idle state for no less than 1 minute before turning the car off. This allows the oil flow over the turbo bearing to cool down the bearing and prolong the seals. Even if I run the car at non hard driving speeds I wait a little bit before turning the car off.
The cold startup smoke issue at times is due to the configuration of the metzer engine as a flat six.
The cold startup smoke issue at times is due to the configuration of the metzer engine as a flat six.