WRX leaking oil? Now that can't be possible..

Shift518 Automotive
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One of my friends gave me a call today, looking for some help.

2002 Subaru WRX :

Leaking oil from “under the turbo”…I was hoping someone here could give input
as this seems as though it might be a common issue from daily wear and tear.

The car has all your run-of-the-mill boltons :
+TBE + Uppipe
+Cobb stgII (19lbs w/MBC, no stock EBCS)
+EBAY TMIC

Other shit im sure, you get the idea. Its a 90k mile car pushing the original
turbo and there is a leak somewhere.

Im going to look at the car sometime this week, any help as to things to
look at + threads/pics are much appreciated.

If you saw a thread on NASIOC or any other forum, post the link!

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ummmm return line

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quite possibly the head gaskets as they poor oil from there , oil return pipe is another common leak

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so many possibilities that this thread is a waiste, but I agree with german psi, probably the oil return line.

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Isn’t this normal for a WRX? The consensus is that they are highly unreliable, similar to the craftsmanship of Joe Jiggs, for example.

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my return line leaked sounds like the culprit

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return line. Culprit to many oil-run-low blown suby motors. Buy some high temp double wall line. ATP sells it amongst other places if you don’t feel like buying it in bulk. I have some here, but most is spoken for for other subarus.

Also possibly that the stock feed line finally cracked. Another common problem. Replace with braided substitue if so.

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mike with the blue wrx wagon ryan?

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Thanks for the help guys

The only experience ive had with this type of problem is when
I did a AVCS/return line on a STi’s VF3x. Shit was cracked at 40k miles…:wtf

Nope, its another friend of mine that has a wrb bugeye sedan