ive just recently noticed oil in my intake tubing heading toward the intercooler and i can smeel oil through the exhaust. ive been told that the seals in the turbo begin to leak and cause this. is it better to replace with a stock k03 or upgrade into either a k04 or maybe a td04 or equivelent

 

read the stickies. Its a matter of opinion, power goals and of course your bank account.

 

How much oil? Because oil in the IC pipe/hose is normal since the crank case breather feeds into the turbo inlet hose.


If you do end up needing to upgrade the turbo and want more power just buy a Elim kit.

 

as far as the amount of oil. when i took the lower hose off it mustve had 8 or ten drips come our and the hose had a thick film of oil when i swiped my finger inside it came running out. and im beginning to smell it out my exhaust but that was just recently. i removed the cat and resonator and thats when i noticed it.

 

Oh your fine that normal if it was a quart of oil i be scared

 

Yeah, I had more drip out of mine. You're smelling oil and unburnt gas from your exhaust because of the testpipe. It doesn't filter for one, and (correct me if I'm wrong) the drop in temperature around the 02 sensor caused by the free flowing exhaust has caused your car to run SLIGHTLY rich, thereby giving you an unburnt fuel smell in the exhaust.

 

yeah i was kinda expecting that. i have it holding 15 psi, i spikes 18 or so. i wasnt sure if i was overboosting or not.

 

boost sounds good with a testpipe and chip your looking at 21 psi on the stock turbo i believe or 20

 

i was looking at getting maybe a bcs from split second or maybe a chip, any input would be nice, and if anybody has a chip for sale let me know.

 

manual boost controllers are engine suicide.
You need to be able to control the fuel maps as well. Chips are the way to go.