Hey guys, so I've recently discovered I have a sweet *** oil leak!

Couple weird things about it though, there's oil around the turbo inlet side, but not on the turbo, and everywhere below it within a foot. It only appears to leak after boosting a lot.
And there's been a lot of oil leaked out, yet my dipstick still reads the same....

Any ideas before I start pulling out the turbo?

 

see if its leaking from the return line, are you getting smoke under boost and what color ?

 

Use brake cleaner to clean out all the oil, take the car out for a spin, come back and see where oil is coming out from. That's what I usually do on my older cars when I have no idea where the hell its leaking from..

EDIT: Check the vaccum hose/breather hose for any signs of oil, and then check your oil line that connects from near the oil filter to the turbo.

 

Clean it off, and try to see if you can get oil leak dye and a black light flash light to see. Helps out a lot

 

No smoke, just replaced the oil return line, it had some sketchy setup, its OEM now and its not leaking.

I'll check that line too, I'll grab some brake cleaner as well.

If I can find it I'll grab some.

Thanks for the input guys

 

seemed to be the crush washers on the banjo fitting for the oil feed line. replaced them, cleaned up, well see if anything else pops up.

 

If the problem still exists check your pcv for correct operation. Also make sure that your oil catch can isn't full(if you have one). Then check your turbo inlet clamp for tightness. The pcv system feeds into a port that is right before that connection which can seep thru that hose connection if the pcv system is sucking more oil than it should ( full catch can)