Could someone tell me what would cause my intercooler piping to be lined with this?

 

 

Doesnt smell oily

No milky sludge under the oil cap

Oil is topped up

Water is topped up

has been getting rather warm lately

burns 2 sec of oil on ignition (valve stem seals?)

 

breather and catch tank to fix perhaps?

Edited December 19, 200916 yr by original

is it all the way through all of your pipes or just after a certain point

looks like your turbo may need new seals or something

 

my NA had this and it was oil coming from the breather in the throttle body

Could someone tell me what would cause my intercooler piping to be lined with this?

 

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Doesnt smell oily

No milky sludge under the oil cap

Oil is topped up

Water is topped up

has been getting rather warm lately

burns 2 sec of oil on ignition (valve stem seals?)

 

breather and catch tank to fix perhaps?

 

G`day mate, have a check and see if that sludge is water soluble. If so the problem could lie with your air cleaner not doing a good job. Although I don`t use a turbo yet, it seems that most brands will blow a bit of oil through in normal operation.

Over heating would most likely not be related to your turbo unless you are using a water cooled type. If you are and you are using coolant not water (I hope) there could be a bit of leakage there too. Some coolants use a soluble lubricant and the sludge could even be that.

Good luck anyway.

Old Fella.

i would say your turbo has a slight leak...

what is the KNOWN condition of the turbo??

 

run an oil cooler if its getting too hot, or get a larger radiator/thermofan

 

btw what engine are you running and how demanding are you of the engine??

looks like rusty coolant to me

lick it and see what it taste like...............

 

 

this is before or after the supercharger? check your charger oil , also check before the charger if that shits in it

Edited December 19, 200916 yr by Roo

perfectly normal for intercooler hoses to have some oil in them to a certan point, all turbos will some oil blow by in them, see it at work on trucks and vans all the time.

this is dumb but.. Maybe the turbo is sucking in heaps moist air... and when its compressed it makes moisture inside the intercooler because of the rapid expansion and compression from the turbo and then cooling it down making it dense and moist? Does this make sense. Heck i don't know. Might be the reason.

 

But the picture seems metalic... So maybe your seals on your bearing have gone a little ?