The top oil feed into my trubo keeps leaking? It has only just started to do it as well.

It can't be any tighter than it is, plus its a tapered thread. Yet every time the car is on tick over for a little while (traffic lights etc) I can smell it burning off of the turbo?!

Any way around fixing this? thread tape, sealer etc?

Cheers.

 

is it a standard ford oil feed pipe? I fitted an aftermarket pipe with inbuilt inline filter which seeped oil at both ends, I have since re fitted the standard ford pipe and its cured again

 

Its a std braided pipe. I think the leak is coming from where connecting union threads into the turbo itself.

 

Maybe some sort of sealer that can cope with the high temps... Exhaust paste would be ideal lol!

Is it worth trying a new braided feed pipe for around 30quid?

 

you should never put exhaust paste on a turbo.

I'm pretty sure its not the pipe, its the connecting union.

 

This may sound funny to some,but i had same problem.i was using cheap oil for tempory period,kept leaking in that area.tried taking off several times and put back on,no change.put decent castrol semi in and been fine since... Weird hey

 

Yeah i know about the exhaust paste, i was joking!

PTFE tape could be used?

 

I use millers CFS. It must be the the thinning at high temps being worse with cheaper oils? is wierd though.

Managed to get it sorted though. The pipes thread had come loose at some point, and where I tightened it the ball end of the pipe had sat slightly off centre in the union. So I completely removed it, then held the pipe down with a bit of pressure onto the union whilst I tightened the thread. All sorted!