Hey Guys,
So a little background on my situation. I recently replaced the Head Gasket on my 08 2.0T with 148k miles about 2 weeks ago. I had coolant in my oil. I pulled the head replaced the Head gasket, the engine block was fine, no warp, New head bolts, replaced the valve cover with a new one, The old one had this gooey yellow substance, Cleaned out the oil filter housing. Put everything back and she ran good, No Codes and no more coolant in the oil.
A few days later I park my car overnight and the next morning I see oil stains on my driveway. I look under the car and the belly pan was drench in oil. I pull the pan off and see that oil was leaking from the bottom turbo hose onto the left intercooler. I thought maybe its just the old residue so I drained it out on both sides of the intercoolers, cleaned off the mess and went about my business.
This Monday I noticed it again and same thing is happening all over again, oil is dripping. I pulled off the hoses and bam! more oil in the intercooler about a 1/4 of a quart. I check the oil return line on the turbo everything seems good. I check the DV and its the newest version that i changed last year. So back again i put everything back, this time I made sure I tighten the clamps on the hoses to prevent any more leaks.
Tuesday morning I'm driving to work and my oil level warning comes on (The yellow one, Not Red) . I pull over and top it off. Wednesday I checked for oil stains on the pavement and nothing. Today I'm driving to dinner and again Oil level warning comes back on, I top off again.
So now I'm thinking that my turbo is busted. Could the seals inside the turbo gone to sh*t? And the oil is now collecting inside the intercooler instead of returning it back to the oil pan. Theres no white or black smoke coming out from the exhaust, so its not burning it.
Has anyone else had this type of problem before? I'm trying to get some input from other members before I go and try to find another turbo.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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