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Old 06-05-2014, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BullGator2020 View Post
Basically, I had a puddle of oil literally dripping out of the exhaust. Then when I checked the dipstick it was at the high mark before, and then it was under the low after. So about 3-4 quarts of oil in a matter of minutes. Its like it just ran through. The only visible leak was at the mainifold connection to the turbo. Than that is when I tool off the manifold as you suggested and saw the ports 1-3 with oil.

So once I take the head off, what am I looking for to indicate the source of the problem? Is it noticeable?

If this is really happening, you have a cracked piston. There is no way you can get enough oil to go past valve guides for this to happen that rapidly.

You will need to do a compression test / leakdown test before going any farther.
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