Turbo Oil Leak:mad:
 

So i found a little puddle of oil under then engine bay, traiced it to the turbo oil line that goes to the sump.

So i figured I'd get the turbo off, which means getting the manifold off. All i can say is that manifold nut is an ABSOLUTE C**T to get off. Spent 4 hours messing with it and in the end lifted the engine out to get it off (the ghetto way, 4 guys, a scaffold pole and some rope). At least i can give the engine bay a tidy up too now.

So the leak is as shown, havent really had a chance to pin point it but though I'd post in case anyone has come across this before

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/...722_010513.jpg

It was dripping down this pipe and onto steering rack etc -

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/...722_010517.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/...719_195354.jpg

hi big dave common fault on t2 turbos mine leak to cheers ;)

You sorted yours Tim or you replaced it?

bump... anyone seen this problem or know of any common problems/solutions? Just need a little heads up before i dismantle it on saturday (my next day off :()

no bigdave can try greaseing it the thread when putting back on cheers :

I don't know if you guys have this out there but if you use teflon tape on the threads that usually works. But I would just replace the puny t2 with something better.

mine had a small leak around the turbo once, it turned out to be a fracture in the oil inlet pipe where the nut tightens in the top right where the pipe flares. I hope i explained that well enough.