Okay, so about a week and a half ago I sold and installed a turbo for a fellow member! Everything was looking good except for the oil tube on the bottom of the turbo that goes back to the block. I replaced all of the gaskets and cleaned the surfaces of all the oil/coolant lines. IIRC the TSRM says to torque it to 9 ft. lbs... well i did that and it was leaking pretty bad, it would make the turbo smoke and leak quite a bit, so I went back down there and tightened it some more. The leak was not as bad after that, it was leaking about 1 drop every 30 sec or so. Today I got an email from him saying that it had gotten pretty bad again, its smoking and leaving pools of oil.
So here's my question: Is there something that commonly happens, was I supposed to use locktite on the bolt?
Is there a misprint in the TSRM, is it supposed to be more than 9 ft. lbs?
Can it be possible that there is a crack on the surface of the oil tube?
Any help is appreciated, I just want to fix this... the nut closer to the block is a b**** to get to and I want to be done with it so we can progress!!!
So here's my question: Is there something that commonly happens, was I supposed to use locktite on the bolt?
Is there a misprint in the TSRM, is it supposed to be more than 9 ft. lbs?
Can it be possible that there is a crack on the surface of the oil tube?
Any help is appreciated, I just want to fix this... the nut closer to the block is a b**** to get to and I want to be done with it so we can progress!!!
