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Old 01-05-2007, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by compress ignite View Post
The synthetic will not cause the problem...BUT if excess clearances exist the
synthetic will find them.
Switching to SYN will clean out the old carbonized "coke" in the turbo bearing
chamber over time.
That's what I was thinking. I'll pull the tubing after the turbo and look for signs of oil. It can either leak in the compressor or turbine right? Any good DIY turbo rebuild articles.

Maybe I should throw in a VNT.
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