can a turbo cause

[LEIGHTON vx]

can a turbo cause a hell of alot of oil loss im confused and stuck atm tbh

[phil miller]

in simple terms yes it can, but you would get loads of smoke out the exhaust, how much oil are you losing?

[LEIGHTON vx]

alot mate my misses was driveing and she said she had a pull back and she parked it up outside the house and it has been spilling a lot of oil with in a minute the oil light was red

[phil miller]

thats not good, if i was you id take it to a garage asap, is there any sign of oil leaking onto the floor?

[Crasher]

And the engine is a....?

[LEIGHTON vx]

BLB engine its in the garage the garage is guessing a turbo but it has lost alot of oil

what causes the car to lose alot of oil around the intercooler area


If it is a balance shaft problem would you lose a lot of oil on the floor and would the car still run or come to a dead stop.

Reason i ask is my missus was driving the car at the time and what happened was a lose of power like the car was going to stall temp gauge dropped and oil pressure waring on the dashboard appeared ....She drove the car about 150 yards back to the house because she had no where to pull over the car.

[Crasher]

Pre mid 2006 BLB, ohh dear…sorry not a good engine, well oil pump drive anyway.

[LEIGHTON vx]

what would have caused it to loose so much oil would the chain of the oil pump snapping casue it to loose a hell of alot of oil


i am stuck and got no money thinking of selling it as spares or repair it is worth around 6,500 when it was running tidy but now id be lucky to see 2000 grand for it i am so ****** off

[Crasher]

Low oil pressure starves the turbo, which then lunches the shaft bearings, which then spew out most of the little oil reaching the turbo.

[LEIGHTON vx]

it didnt seem like a little bit of oil tho it was all over the intercooler the floor cover and where ever else it went