xrhp6 Member 39 Member For: 21y 6m Location: Melbourne Posted 05/06/04 06:22 AM Share Posted 05/06/04 06:22 AM Have any of you guy's notice a small oil leak directly below the Turbo.Some 4 weeks ago I notice some cruddy oil combined with road grime on the hose's running near the alternator, got a torch and looked between the water resevoir and the Turbo, directly below the Turbo sitting on top of the alloy cross member, was some old oil and road grime.I took to this with some detergent and cleaned it all up.Have been checking for a leak and now have some small drops of oil which is now becoming larger, not a lot but it will have to be seen to.Has any other owner detected a leak, you will need a torch to see the area.Shine the torch between the water reservoir and the Turbo looking for the top of the Alloy cross member, would be interested for some feedback.RegardsJeff White. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/11160-turbo-oil-leak/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 05/06/04 06:39 AM Share Posted 05/06/04 06:39 AM I seem to recall reading about this once before,dealers mate prontovik Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/11160-turbo-oil-leak/#findComment-130879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrhp6 Member 39 Member For: 21y 6m Location: Melbourne Posted 05/06/04 07:03 AM Author Share Posted 05/06/04 07:03 AM Thanks Vik found that post. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/11160-turbo-oil-leak/#findComment-130887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1axr TEAM BLUEPRINT Member 913 Member For: 22y 4m 19d Location: Perth W.A. Posted 05/06/04 08:57 AM Share Posted 05/06/04 08:57 AM I had a power steering hose let go on me.the oil found it's way down ths chasis rail on the oposit side of the car.get it to the dealers quick. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/11160-turbo-oil-leak/#findComment-130915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-WING Member 811 Member For: 21y 6m 20d Location: BRISBANE Posted 06/06/04 11:50 AM Share Posted 06/06/04 11:50 AM Same thing happened to xr6t they sent to euro for test drive in wheels mag bmw crew found ford put the wrong size washer in fitting? I think Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/11160-turbo-oil-leak/#findComment-131235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubyte Member 108 Member For: 21y 9m 21d Posted 06/06/04 12:35 PM Share Posted 06/06/04 12:35 PM Yeah... was the french reviwers actually. Essentially it was an oversized washer that was the souce of the oil leak. The germans tried the lets tighen it to all buggery ... funnily enought the problem still existed. Its still a bit of surprise to me as I thoughts the blue ovel had addressed this issue back in Feb/Mar '04.However the situation sounds a bit like tyre jockies at beaurepairs that strip the wheel studs cause they dont thread the nuts on by hand to begin with!!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/11160-turbo-oil-leak/#findComment-131254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrhp6 Member 39 Member For: 21y 6m Location: Melbourne Posted 07/06/04 07:35 AM Author Share Posted 07/06/04 07:35 AM Thanks guy's the T goe's into Ford tomorrow to have leak fixed, shall tell tomorrow what the problem is, it's definately from the oil return pipe from the Turbo.Mentioned to dealer tonight they wont scratch it , reply, hope not.Gives great confidence. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/11160-turbo-oil-leak/#findComment-131542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrhp6 Member 39 Member For: 21y 6m Location: Melbourne Posted 13/06/04 08:19 AM Author Share Posted 13/06/04 08:19 AM Update, Booked my T in to local dealer, took T in , received phone call, problem fixed new gasket instaled. Picked up T, now leaks more than before after traveling 250K's away from home and finding oil smell and smoke from exhaust.Back to dealer on tuesday with please explain.regardsxrhp6 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/11160-turbo-oil-leak/#findComment-133676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAXR6T Member 187 Member For: 22y 7m 28d Location: Melbourne Posted 13/06/04 11:53 PM Share Posted 13/06/04 11:53 PM Quote Update, Booked my T in to local dealer, took T in , received phone call, problem fixed new gasket instaled. Picked up T, now leaks more than before after traveling 250K's away from home and finding oil smell and smoke from exhaust.Back to dealer on tuesday with please explain.regardsxrhp6That happened to me as well. My mechanic told me that the turbo was leaking oil just a bit as well as the diff. So I took the car back to ford. The replaced the gasget in the turbo and told me all OK. 3 days later oil all over the ground. This didn't happen the 1st time. Took car back to it's second home and they fixed the problem again. Surprise Surprise...they replaced the gasget again. I asked why wasn't it fixed the 1st time. Ford said this time it's sealed. Crappy Dealers give me the Sh*ts. Well it's been 3,000K since they were replaced. Time to take my car back to my mechanic to make sure all is OK. I don't trust Ford.Cheers, Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/11160-turbo-oil-leak/#findComment-133808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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