^ Oh also no visible oil coming from the newly installed catch can, so that seems to be doing it's job. No oil on the intake of the turbo either if you remove the intake tubing.

So it would seem to me the oil has to be coming from the turbo itself, but after brand new bearings and seals on a fresh rebuild this doesn't seem right? Bear in mind that the center housing of my turbo is brand new with fresh new bearings.

The only non new parts are the impeller/wheels.

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Interesting Greg ;

Have you cleaned out the banjo bolt that begins the ALAD's pressure sensing line ? it's at the back of the intake manifold then there's the overboost protection relay/valve , mine was plugged , I have cleaned it but I still don't get full boost readings at the ALDA so for now I have by passed the relay and easily get 10 # boost when under load and working ~ easy acceleration won't show much over 6 # , you need to step on it hard going up hill or running up through the gears to see full boost .

I really like the red turbo , maybe I'll go find a non California one and rebuilt it for my Coupe , get rid of that ding-dang ARV valve although I seem to have plenty of boost pressure right off idle .

Some oil in the intake is going to occur from oil vapors out the rockerbox vent pipe no matter what .

Keep working on it and letting us know what's what ~ I find this an instructional thread .

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1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Well bad news... I think my rear passenger wheel bearing is totally shot. The entire tire seems to be at an angle. I haven't jacked it up to check for play but I'm 99% sure it's busted. 10 days without needing a major fix would have been nice!

At least it was running well enough to help me move out of my apartment!

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That sucks. I have feared that job the whole time I have owned a wagon.

Dmorrison has a great thread / DIY writeup thingy on the rear wagon wheel bearing R&R. Its scary. I couldn't finish the thread, I already know I would never deal with that many special tools.

I would just buy a good rear arm.

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I had a similar setup on the '85. my air/oil separator was 'different'. Do you have any media in your catchcan?

blowby on diesels is higher than gas engines (where this method is typically employed).

When the engine gets moving, it might be moving quite a volume of gases through that can. then it hits the colder air in your intake snout and falls out of suspension as its slapped against that wall.

trick is to get that oil to hit something before that.

I would not condemn, your turbo just yet.


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I misread where you were finding oil, sorry. My explanation is wrong here.

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No medium in the catch can, just empty space.

Do you mean hub??

Greg

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no. I think I would just buy a whole arm with the hub and bearing in it already. Maybe I over-complicated the process when I last looked into it.

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ok. I may have exaggerated:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/206875-replacing-rear-wheel-bearings-w123-w126.html

Dave's way seems do-able. can't say I am hoping to do one soon though. I have never felt completely satisfied with driving in races like this -

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I was just pursing that earlier. It doesn't look too bad, but pain and annoying. Heh.

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Whatever you do , please document it well and post here .

I've only had to do this on some old VW's from the 1970's and it was a big job , and the order in which you approached it made a huge difference in how many new parts you needed....

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1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

FWIW ;

Rear wheel problems almost never cause steering wheel shaking you mention .

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1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

I think the two oil leaks and turbo rebuild had me a bit paranoid about other things going wrong. Possibly jumping a bit to conclusions on this one. I put another 200 miles on the car and everything seems par for VIN.

In fact perhaps a combination of the recent maintenance and the engine running smoother than ever made me notice the other vibrations more a bit more than usual.

I'll post back after some more miles and the inspection Thursday

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My 300TD was stolen!!!!

Year: 1985
Color: Sand Peach
License Plate: CR VIN
Last seen: Portsmouth, NH

I was on vacation in Texas with my car parked at the Portsmouth, NH C&J bus stop from December 3 - December 15th. Upon return, my car has been stolen.

I have filed a police report and would ask everyone to keep an eye out for a Sand Peach (Beige) 300TD Wagon (1985) for sale or being parted out to get in touch with me- thanks!

Greg White
207-332-8660

Pretty upset at the moment, put some good effort into getting "VIN" running again only to have someone jack it.

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I edited a previous post. I misread where you were finding oil.


I still would not suspect the turbo until trying a different air/oil separator or putting some media into your intake line on the catchcan.

Turbos throw the air against the compressor housing. any suspended particles could easily be thrown out of suspension there and accumulate in that area you mentioned.

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I jacked up the rear end and checked both sides for play... On the side I think I have an issue, I felt no play. On the other side I felt a tiny bit of vertical play and no horizontal. Curious.

Car needs to be inspected so I'm going to use that opportunity to check it out with another set of eyes and on a lift.

Due to the suspected issue with the wheel (maybe im crazy) I haven't driven the car all week. No puddles under the car is a welcome sign once again! Area around the turbo still has some new residue but not too much. Will keep an eye on it and look into some media for the catch can to trap those pesky oil particles.

155 miles on the turbo so far @ 6psi max boost right now.

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