Oil in my air tubes this cant be good!!

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Belleville Corrado

Discussion Starter · Feb 6, 2002

Well as it reads I took off my air hoses on my G60 and they are incredibly lined with oil I think I read somewhere this means goodbuy to the super charger but it is still putting out 14 to 15 p.s.i at around 5000 r.p.m I really dont have a clue help is needed!!

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KidComet

· #2 · Feb 6, 2002

Re: Oil in my air tubes this cant be good!! (Belleville Corrado)

a THIN layer of oil is supposed to be okay from what i've heard. how bad is it? how many miles on your charger?

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BLUE NRG

· #3 · Feb 6, 2002

Re: Oil in my air tubes this cant be good!! (KidComet)

some oil is normal...its when you see half a quart is when you should be worried

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SaabFan

· #4 · Feb 7, 2002

Re: Oil in my air tubes this cant be good!! (Belleville Corrado)

See this post in the g60 forum:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=238533
-Nate

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Belleville Corrado

Discussion Starter · #5 · Feb 7, 2002

Re: Oil in my air tubes this cant be good!! (KidComet)

Well its not bad there is just a thin layer on all the tubes, My car has 160 000 Kilometers I have no idea how many miles that is and I also dont know if this is the orginal charger or not, probally is !

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BLUE NRG

· #6 · Feb 7, 2002

Re: Oil in my air tubes this cant be good!! (Belleville Corrado)

well the wise thing to do is to have it rebuilt anyway before it actually does go. $850 for standard rebuild from bbm, not sure how much from gruven

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