Im going to try and use gasoline and brake clean to clean all that out. Is this normal when a turbo seal gives to leak THAT much oil?

on a side note 18psi, i called usps to give me an update on tracking info, since that number hasnt been updated all week. theyre saying i should see it monday :facepalm:

At anyrate shouldnt be long until the cars back on the road!

I've no idea, apparently it completely burst open? that's a ton of oil.
gasoline and degreaser would be what I'd use. or maybe just degreaser, like purple power or something.

I've pretty much had terrible experience with every carrier lately. USPS, Fedex, all are idiots. I just pack really really well, and insure for at least the total amount, and hope for the best.

Holy wow. Nice find.. have fun with the new turbo.

No worries man it is what is. Theres still other stuff i can do to clean up the car in the mean time. If im able to get the car back together and around 250whp before snowfall this year ill be happy!

That's incredible! Top marks, great failure!

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1411215344

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1411215344


Yes! My turbo came in late yesterday, maybe today or tomorrow I'll get around to installing it

that box looks like it got gangbanged by elephants.
way to go usps.
glad I packed the heck out of it.

They saw the word fragile on it and thought orly!?

Oh it must be french they thought

Almost got it installed over the weekend. Just need to bolt on the down pipe and reroute bottom coolant hose ,intercooler piping is now in the way :vash:

NA/NB Compatibility Guide

I'm thinking i can use the lower coolant hose from a NB? but im open to suggestions

New turbo spits oil and I don't know why? -4 an to a restrictor. Then -10 an as a return. Maybe the line could get b straightend out better.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1411857547

Also when throttle is applied the car the motor stalls?
I replaced the throttle body because my brother and I heard an electrical hum from the idle air control valve.
But the car still stalls out

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1411857547

Homer might be right at this point

Any suggestions why the motor would stall?

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1411857671


Maybe an engine bay picture would help?

how straight is the oil return?

and did you make sure all the bolts/fasteners were torqued to spec per my note?

Check that oil return. 2 turbos spitting oil makes it sound like a blockage in the return to me.

I'm going to redo that line and see if that helps.

18 psi yeah i tightened everything down, and the turbo was clocked the correct way you shipped it too!

Anyone have the same problem with the motor stalling? When i searched it, the problem was solved once the valve was replaced. It has to be something dumb because the car was running pretty good until the turbo seals went bad spit all that oil into my intercooler

Those two breather lines going to the same little can inlet are too small and you are possibly building backpressure in the crankcase.

High crankcase pressure can push oil out of seals.

I deffinitly have high crank case pressure, i noticed that the other day too. ill redo those lines and let you guys know what happens. Thanks for the heads up!

Any updates? Curious what the problem turns out to be

No idea, im at the point of tearing it down and seeing if i possibly cracked a piston from the dyno pulls? But im fed up with the car and low on cash so itll probably sit broken until spring. if anything changes ill update the thread. thanks to everyone helping me troubleshoot it!

My white smoke was from blown rings. Leak down was actually OK too. Shoulda run compression too...