please help me ive got a feeling its my turbo but i need confirmation and help to resolve, right i drove from south coast to batley west yorkshire today in my99 uk turbo with 108000 miles on clock the car was fine all the way at 80mph or there abouts now i noticed when i got near whilst accellerating the boost was pulsing on and off slightly but i didnt think much of it but when i arrived at my destination i gave it a bit and looked in the mirror and saw a big plume of blue smoke oh **** now i checked my oil when i stopped and it wasnt even registering on the dipstick so left the car and went and brought some 10 40 semi synthetic oil and topped it up managed to drive the car back completely off boost but stopping every 40 miles or so to refill oil now there is no bad noises coming from turbo and no coolant loss atall if anyone can help me i really need my car to work as i just purchased full decat system and now cant fit it until problem is resolved.
all help is much appreciated cheers

 

oh and noticed a bit of oil around the turbo-intercooler pipe on the intercooler side

 

Hi mate, if it is your td04 oil seals, then dont worry too much , you can pick a turbo up for about 50 quid and fit it yourself, its not hard, or its a good time to start modding!

 

i would like to put a bigger turbo on (looking at td05 16g) but cant afford a re-map for a good 4 months so pain in the **** really
so is that what it sounds like then the oil seals?

 

You could put Td05 on then buy a chip for your existing ecu to run that turbo, I and a few others from snet are using said chip with no problems. That is unless you are you have a non standard ecu.
Dont know wether he still has it but MOJORSARCASM has a chipped ecu for sale.

 

good point, a td05 16g and a z4 ecu would be good and cheap, unless z4 is for 440's?

 

my99 come with 440's

 

dunno about injector size but I was running a Td05 and z4 on my wrx wagon with standard injectors.

 

yeah sounds like the oil seals.....
chucking the oil striaght into the exhaust system...
lucky you have a decat cause the cat is gonna be destroyed with oil!!!!
good time to start modding!!!

 

it would happen when i got no money

 

never a good time to spend money mate!!!!
good luck with gettin her sorted

 

If you want another td04 i have a very healthy one ive just removed off my wrx with 48k always left to warm/cool,removed because i upgraded yours for £50 if you need a quick fix mate.

 

where you based mate?

 

weymouth,dorset mate but i would post if its to far matey

 

cheers mate will have to let you know am really skint as i said it really couldnt of come at a worse time for me

 

ok dude,sorry to hear about this,ill be on here if you need it fella.ok

 

cheers mate

 

this might seem like a really tight question but i really am that desparate, can i not just get the seals replaced on the turbo or is that not a great idea?

 

Would probaly cost more than rob73's turbo mate

 

£50 plus p+p is good for a low mileage TD04.

If you are really skint and handy with spanners then try these

TD04+TE04H. TURBO.STAGGERGAP OIL SEAL. on eBay, also Engine Tuning Parts, Performance Tuning Parts, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 05-Nov-08 21:40:44 GMT)

or

TURBO CHARGER TD04 /TE04H TURBINE+COMPRESSOR OIL SEALS. on eBay, also Engine Tuning Parts, Performance Tuning Parts, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 05-Nov-08 21:35:56 GMT)

Good luck

Keep us posted

 

I think that member has recently sold his ScoobyECU... BUT... there's another member on here selling one...

https://www.scoobynet.com/private-sa...cu-itself.html

 

ive found a vf24 turbo and an ecu from a v4 sti does anyone know if this will bolt straight on or not cheers