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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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I've got frothy looking oil coming out of the tail pipe now. Is a seal in the turbo leaking or what the car has been parked like a month.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 01:10 AM
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it could be alittle oil residue from the turbo MIXED with the humidity/water that was in your tailpipes before startup..it comes out of the exhaust side of the compressor, then out the tips..and looks "frothy" like muddy vomit crap....i know because it just happened to me the other day and i was like oooooooooKKK ...but yea no biggie that could also mean u might be leaking or have alil oil accumulated somewhere....if it cleans out and looks fine after driving it a while then u should be fine....but if it continues for a few days of driving, then i think ur gona have to take a closer look at everything...

hope this helps... take care
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 09:47 AM
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also read this thread if you havent already https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/539677-turbo-oiling-problem.html
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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yea read that lol what comes out of the tailpipes kinda looked like this right>>> <<< lol

did it finally go away ??
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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is your oil return pump working? that would cause this prob .
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 12:47 AM
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The check valves sometimes go bad on the turbos, I would replace it and go from there
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 11:35 PM
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CHECK VALVE!!! Same thing happened to me and they just sent me a new one and fixed the problem. I thought it might have been the bushing in the turbo since there aren't any seals to go bad. It relies on the oil return pump to suck the oil out and send it back.
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