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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 19 January 2022, 18:38:21 »Speaking of Renaults - I fitted the new turbo to mine today and reassembled everything.what happens if you set light to the leaking oil
Started it up and all good on that side of things. Running quite nicely - apart from oil pissing out high up on the cambelt end of the engine.
I suspect the cam seal has let go. Same thing happened a year ago when the original turbo died, and I replaced it with a second hand one.
If the turbo isnt spinning I assume the oil getting pumped to it doesnt drain very quickly and results in excessive oil pressure which causes the oil to find the weakest link so it can escape.
Its a complete PITFA. :'(
worth a try