more oil in the intercooler

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evildave32
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So i posted earlier about this problem and tought it was a blown turbo.Awesome easy fix..thought everything was square until i broke it down to check it the other day and the damn intercooler was full of oil again????????????suggestions would be awesome thanks for the help.


Darius
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Is your crank case ventilation drawing in the turbo intake?

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Shocker
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You need a catch can if your going to the turbo intake with the crank case evac. Mine goes to atmosphere right now. This weekend it will be routed to my exhaust using a moroso evacuation kit. I wouldn't drive the car until you clean the oil out of everything and fix your crank venting, that oil will cause your engine to be more prone to det... That's no good.

evildave32
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yea car has been parked since i found the oil.The only thing that was changed when i got it was elimination of the stock bov and swaping of the turbo, i did plug a hole on the tube that connects my maf to the turbo is this what is my problem? where would my crankcase ventilation be?

julio
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Shocker wrote:This weekend it will be routed to my exhaust using a moroso evacuation kit.
Those kits are only meant to be used on NA setups. You're exhaust will have too much back pressure under boost (or at least decent boost) for it to evac correctly using the "Bernoulli Effect" that this kit takes advantage of.

evildave32
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As i have ben researching this my crankcase issue would be i need to install a oil catch can but as i have searced i cannot find any good pics on setups for the rb20 does anyone have one that works?

Darius
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You need to try searching for catch can a little harder. There are 2 huge threads in the RB forum that have beaten this topic to death.

And julio, I'm going to disagree with you on the evacuation kit not working on a turbocharged engine. It is no different than a N/A setup downstream of the turbo. Air flowing past an opening will create a vacuum on said opening and the suction will draw from the PCV system.
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Gabes13
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evildave32 wrote:As i have ben researching this my crankcase issue would be i need to install a oil catch can but as i have searced i cannot find any good pics on setups for the rb20 does anyone have one that works?
Check it out!

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evildave32
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Yea i saw this diagram in my search i was just wondering which one works the best..I could tell by the thread that it has been a topic for some time but dosent seem to end in one good setup just many people , with many suggestions. Not that i am a stickler or anything just like doing things the right way so i only have to fix them once..Thanks for the help.


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