MrF wrote:I used think "oh its a old engine, It'll be ok to just run it with a oily old turbo" on some vehicles, expecting it just to cause a bit of smoke now and again on affected engines, then one day my Land Rover 90 had its oily turbo go bad, and the engine ran away on the oil pumped into the intake when the turbo core bearings failed. I had to abandon it when the clutch wasn't strong enough to stall it out and watch from a safe distance while it ran at high rpm screaming and consumed all its sump oil as fuel. I coudl have tried to choke it with something up the intake or something but by that stage, I was expecting engine internals to come out when it was exploding so weighed up the cost of another engine vs waking up in hospital with pieces of conrod embedded in me or worse.
So now, I'm kind of wary about people blanket saying yes a turbos a bit oily but its not a big problem. While it sounds like your not at this stage yet, I'd be aware that this could happen in future...
Sounds like an awfull experience, i'll definitelly keep that in mind and i'll take a look at both sides of the turbo as suggested in previous posts to make sure no oil is sipping out of the seals.