aj hartman
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I picked up a 3.5 from an F150 that was totaled. I'm going to be swapping it into another car. Long story short, when it was in an accident, the engine must have jolted around enough for the oil pan to hit something (could have happened during engine removal, transport, whatever but not sure) and there was a small hairline crack in it. So figured I would pull the oil pan to weld it from the inside, and outside. When I turned the engine over on the engine stand to pull the pan, I noticed oil leaking out of the passenger side turbo's inlet. Not just a drip either. It left a nice little puddle on the floor. The back side of the turbo filled up with oil. Picture of that below. The drivers side turbo was dry. To test it, I filled up the oil drain tube on both of them. Drivers side remained dry. Passenger side started to leak again. I'm new to turbos so not sure if a little bit is acceptable but I would assume no. I thought there might be a one way valve but then why isn't the other side leaking either when I filled up the drain tube while the engine was upside down? Any input?
IMG_3767 by AJ Hartman, on Flickr
