so my old stock k03 is starting to smoke when its cold my buddy is offering me a used one off a wrecked passat for 150 i have it in my hands and i see oil through the exhaust side i know they have oil running through them but should it be coming trough the exhaust side or is it becdause the seals are bad? or is it one of those things were i wont know til i put it on?any help or tips would be great thanks

 

If there is oil on both sides of the exhaust housing then it could have been oil from the motor. If it is just on the discharge side of the housing it is coming from the seals in the turbo.

 

there is oil on both housings to cat and header...is there a oil seal in the internal part of the wastegate? cause there look sto be oil by that too

 

Was there oil on the inlet side of the exhaust housing and on the exhaust manifold?

 

inlet as in the side that hooks up to the motor then yes and also the side that goes to the cat the whole inside housing is wet

 

If there is oil on the inside of the exhaust manifold and inside the exhaust housing where it bolts to the exhaust housing then the oil is coming out of the cylinders. Oil does not flow up stream.

 

makes sense well hope it was the motor im going to install it and prey it lasts till i get a bigger one...thanks mike

 

ok now i was observing it one last time and i noticed the blade has some play, a little bit up and down and back and forth is this normal?