| I'm at a loss of words and am a bit beside myself. I resealed my oil pan finally. I dropped the cross member, lowered the power steering with it, removed the tie rods, etc. Here is a video in advance of the description below:
You Tube Video After turning my car on, I noticed two things... one, eventually some oil started to leak out and the exhaust on both sides had a little white fumes/smoke mixed in. I know it isn't uncommon after a car has been sitting to burn off moisture. I'm not 100% sure it was moisture. second, I put the car up, and investigated the leak. it at first seemed to be coming from near the turbo return hose on the driver side, and I had yanked on it a bit to get it connected back to the oil pan, so I figured maybe it wasn't tight. However, when I took it off completely, the drip continued at the bottom of the inlet compressor housing. I'm a bit stunned and frustrated, because the only thing I can think is that somehow my turbo is leaking. What's weird is that I do not see any oil around the inner edge of the compressor housing higher up, and it appears to be coming from the bottom bolt. I see no oil originating from the top of the turbo. the other strange thing is that the turbo continues to drip... little by little it is spilling a significant amount of oil on my floor...maybe a few ounces already. I don't understand how so much oil could continue to flow out of wherever it is...isn't the majority in the oil pan which is lower than the turbos?
Oh, I should also mention I may have done something to cause all of this...when I dropped my cross member, I put some tension on the engine and lifted it up a little. I realize now that it was probably dumb to do as the exhaust pipes may have hit the body of the car, and put stress on the exhaust housing of the turbo...
Any advice at this point would be greatly appreciated!
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