oil in my intercooler

[nicklloyd]

Hi everone i have a problem with some oil in my intercooler its no loads but looks like a small drip
i have been told by my loal mechanic that there is no point fixing it as it is too costly £4k
hover still runs perfect no blips smoke so i am wondering if i have caught it early enogh to sort it
he did say that if left it will pump oil through the turbo and when that happens it will ove rev and die
i have started to clean the inter cooler and the pipes and i will look at changong the EGR as there is some build up of oil in there and more pointers guys/gals
if you experienced this before
Regards NIck St helens

[g-man]

get rid of your spanner monkey i/cooler is after the turbo and it's quite normal to have a bit of oil in the boost pipes and i/c,the turbo has an oil feed and return connected to lubricate it + the intake to it has a breather pipe from the rocker cover which can put a drop of oil thro', you could always take the i/c off and give it a flush out.......i would'nt worry too much

[taz666]

get rid of your spanner monkey i/cooler is after the turbo and it's quite normal to have a bit of oil in the boost pipes and i/c,the turbo has an oil feed and return connected to lubricate it + the intake to it has a breather pipe from the rocker cover which can put a drop of oil thro', you could always take the i/c off and give it a flush out.......i would'nt worry too much

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[BONESY]

And he as offered to take it off your hands for £500 ....................Tell him to do one .............Get ya self a gallon of paraffin and wash the inter-cooler and all the pipes out and drive on

[IgorVigor]

As others have said, a small amount of oil in the intake on a turbo engine is normal

if the power decreases and the engine feels strangled, then think about sorting it