Removed the turbo oil supply hard line. No visible cracks in the line. I replaced it with the flexible, braided hose kit from P&L. No more leaks/burning oil. I'm assuming it was a leak the banjo fitting connection to the block.
Mystery oil leak
Hi all. I've just spent the past couple hours digging under the hood in search of a slow oil leak around the turbo with not good results, and I need some direction.
2005 FXT 5MT 170k miles. Turbo replaced by Subaru at ~92k miles.
Summary of symptoms: A year ago I began getting a faint oil burning odor, usually after some aggressive lead-foot. Fast forward one year and it's progressed. After about 10-15 mins of non-aggressive driving, I've got smoke rising from under the turbo. Under the motor there's oil seeping across the heat shields (pictured). Idling for 30 mins produces no smoke, only driving. The worst smoking lasts 5 or 10 mins and then slows down. There is no oil dripping on the ground, and oil consumption is just as it's always been.
The area under/adjacent to the uppipe is covered in oil. From the level of the spark plugs and down on the back of the block next to the turbo is wet with oil. My turbo oil supply line doesn't appear to be obviously cracked or leaking, but I can't say for sure that it's not.
After all now my noodle is exhausted and out of answers. I've searched for common oil leaks that would apply, but haven't come up with much more than the oil supply line cracking. Are there other possibilities I should give more attention to? Anyone ever have any luck with UV leak detector kits?
Any thoughts are very appreciated!
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Pulled this heatshield and found more of the same--oil seeping from somewhere above the uppipe. Broke a wrench trying to begin pulling the uppipe and gave up.
2005 FXT 5MT 170k miles. Turbo replaced by Subaru at ~92k miles.
Summary of symptoms: A year ago I began getting a faint oil burning odor, usually after some aggressive lead-foot. Fast forward one year and it's progressed. After about 10-15 mins of non-aggressive driving, I've got smoke rising from under the turbo. Under the motor there's oil seeping across the heat shields (pictured). Idling for 30 mins produces no smoke, only driving. The worst smoking lasts 5 or 10 mins and then slows down. There is no oil dripping on the ground, and oil consumption is just as it's always been.
The area under/adjacent to the uppipe is covered in oil. From the level of the spark plugs and down on the back of the block next to the turbo is wet with oil. My turbo oil supply line doesn't appear to be obviously cracked or leaking, but I can't say for sure that it's not.
After all now my noodle is exhausted and out of answers. I've searched for common oil leaks that would apply, but haven't come up with much more than the oil supply line cracking. Are there other possibilities I should give more attention to? Anyone ever have any luck with UV leak detector kits?
Any thoughts are very appreciated!
Pulled this heatshield and found more of the same--oil seeping from somewhere above the uppipe. Broke a wrench trying to begin pulling the uppipe and gave up.
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