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Hi Dave,
Sorry to hear
of the odd problem.
So I fix the oil filler stem but on a ground run there is now oil coming
out of the turbo.
When
you say coming out of the turbo, where exactly is it coming out? The
exhaust? The turbo housing?
If I take the oil filler cap off, oil stops coming out of the turbo.
So something is pressurizing the crank-case. Engine is running fine
otherwise. The crank case vent is not plugged (but is too small to let out
large amounts of gas). The oil does not appear to have water in it, so it
seems to be either compression or exhaust gas that is getting in.
What causes that? A blown side seal?
That's all I
can think of. When you leave the oil cap off, and rev the engine, do you
get a lot of oil fog out of the filler opening? If so, I'd say the side seals, or corner seals
are history.
Have you been
running the snot out of the engine recently? High RPM and
boost? Are you absolutely sure you haven't lost oil pressure,
or severely overheated the oil recently?
You really do
seem to be finding the failure modes for everyone else. Good
luck.
Cheers,
Rusty
(Slingshot likely to be HKS powered, shopping for new project for the single
rotor)
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