I thought my turbo was blown but when i hooked the car up to a foger i fount the leek!
However it is not in a good spot. It is coming from between the compressor housing and the bid section of the turbo. Does this mean my turbo is shot or is this fixable? Is it a simple seal, and can i get away with fixing it without pulling the motor?

 

they might just need a rebuild but that involves takin your engine out to pull the turbos. are you sure its not the oil cooler lines? are they making any of the common blown turbo sounds or extra white/blue smoke in the exhaust?

 

no oil smoke at all and i also don't hear any normal turbo noise. that is why i thought i was a ECU problem. I brought it to a local shop to find the leek and it is coming from right in the gap where the green arrows show in the picture.

 

hmm, i'z dono what to tell ya. i'd want to say its rebuildable but like before you'd probably have to get the motor out of the way to reach the turbo. you're still runnin full boost right?

 

maybe half boost ( I cry when im next to a M3) I think im running on one turbo. When i first received this problem i thought my car was running in a safe mode because i did not hear any normal boost leek noises. Then i had it hooked up to a foger and found that it was coming from the location in the picture i have posted. There id no turbo whine squeal nothing. So i think the impeller shaft and barrings are ok. I don't know what other seals are in the turbo though.