Old Oct 14, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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Default "Clocking" My turbo to get oil drain pointing downwards

Hoping for some helpful advice here!

Currently my turbo oil drain does point gently downwards as it leaves the turbo core, but only at quite a shallow angle (I'd say 50 -60 degrees from the vertical).

I've read in many places that the oild drain needs to point as close to directly down to the sump/block as possible or else oil can build up in the turbo and overwhelm the seals

When my car reaches operating temperature (anything over about 85 degrees C), I get a very slight bit of smoke with a bluish tinge to it (see vid below - it IS only slight so may be hard to spot!)



If you give the throttle a hard blip then back off you get a tiny puff of it - only at 85 degrees + temp. Does not smoke from cold or when driven - no big clouds of it either.

Do you think rotating the core of my turbo ("clocking") to make the drain point downwards & more direct may help?

I may be being a bit dramatic but I don't want it failing MOT on emissions!

Any help much appreciated