OK, well I did a little searching for anything out of the ordinary today. I took the crossover tube off, It didn't have any metal in it, but did have a pretty good bit of oil. I took off all of the air filter system up to the turbo...nothing blocking, and the air filter is immaculate. The teeth of the turbo are in good shape, the turbine spins well, but does move up and down a little. There was oil in every section of the intake after the air sensor. I did rebuild the turbo about 2 months ago...a friend at work was saying the center of the housing was probably too far gone before I ever rebuilt it.

Anyways, I made a new gasket for the crossover tube, tightened it, as well as the intake manifold. Like damn near everything else on this car, the bolts weren't tightened enough, each needed about 1/8 of a turn. I didn't see oil anywhere around the gasket of the intake (however I know there was some in it). I did see some oil around the first o-ring above the turbo compressor, but I am worried about a larger problem with the turbo now. Any thoughts?

PS. I don't really know the how it should be said, but if our current President has taught us anything, it's that we can make up words as we see fit. That given, it all works fine for me, as long as we all know what we are talking about.

When I talked to the guy at 'The Turbo Shop' locally where I got my parts, he did say that the parts of the compressor were balanced separately, so it didn't matter how I put them together. Again, I don't know these things...so that's why I am asking, that's just what the guys said.

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My Primary Driver - '85 300CD - 4-speed conversion, 2.47 rear, lowered, euro headlights, rebuilding (not restoring so much)

Wife's - '08 Saab Sportcombi Aero

Riding a '03 Yamaha Warrior