# signs a turbo oils seals going bad

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [January 27, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-a-turbo-oils-seals-going-bad/23675 "2007-01-27T11:26:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-a-turbo-oils-seals-going-bad/23675/1 "2007-01-27T11:26:15Z")

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how can u tell when a turbo’s oil seals are going bad? reason i am asking is because yesturday morning when i went off to class my car was smoking like crazy out of the tail pipe leaving a smoke screen behind me when i drove. so i turned around and went home to get the other car. the car was running perfect the day b4 no smoke or nothin. does that sound like the seals are gone? i know u can take off the ic piping and see if there is oil in there but im not goin to do that untill the ground dries up.

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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-a-turbo-oils-seals-going-bad/23675/2 "2007-01-27T11:36:24Z")

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oil leaking out the compressor or smoking out the back…alot

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**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-a-turbo-oils-seals-going-bad/23675/3 "2007-01-27T11:40:47Z")

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> [@layzie](#):
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> oil leaking out the compressor or smoking out the back…alot

i checked the compressor side and there is no oil on the housing but there is a huge amount of smoke coming out the exhaust

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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-a-turbo-oils-seals-going-bad/23675/4 "2007-01-27T11:51:03Z")

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you will be smoking pretty good at idle too. pull of your down pipe off and see if its leaking heavy

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**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-a-turbo-oils-seals-going-bad/23675/5 "2007-01-27T12:04:11Z")

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> [@layzie](#):
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> you will be smoking pretty good at idle too. pull of your down pipe off and see if its leaking heavy

yea its thick at idle too