Steve b has got a point mate im afraid!
when i done my ringlands, my plugs were clean, when i stripped the engine, the piston tops were dry.
the car still ticked over pritty ok.
there was not much blue smoke from the exhaust and i still managed to pull 268 rwhp
& 246 lb/ft
@1.3 bar on the rollers with the problem but not knowing what the problem was!
my symptoms were,
oil in the Ic pipes etc, some coming out of the BOV, but that was dependant on how much boost i hit
-and i was running 1.3-1.6 bar so that's a lot of pressure passing the rings to push the oil out
!!
everyone told me it was turbo seals, but i was not convinced.
eventually after about 6 months, still using 1.3 bar, it got quite bad and i took it off the road and stripped it.
found No3 with all 3 ringlands shattered and a chunk of piston fell off and the rings had seized into the piston! and no 1 iirc had cracked top ringland and broken rings.
It is not normal for the cold side bearing to go, not before the hot side anyway
-For obvious reasons really!
but if it is your turbo going
(and i hope it is) then be warned, because oil in the CC's increases the risk of detonation!
btw, the amount of miles your engine has done is irrelevant.
you only need to Detonate bad once to cause damage!
-Get a proper
'Leak down test' done before you go any further.
Compression testers are inaccurate.
its in the for sale section at the mo.
