turbo drain always leaking gone threw 3 gaskets in 2 weeks hellp

[edrag]

hey guys I have a cordia with a 4g63t vr4 motor in it and since I change oil its been leaking from the turbo drain at the flange on the turbo so I changed gaskets to find that its yet again its leaking now this is the 3rd gasket. what could cause this I have replaced the hose and fitting and 3 gaskets. I inspected it today and it seems the oil is half way up the return pipe fitting in the sump but its on the full notch on the dipstick yet it still leaks so I droped some oil now its on the halfway mark and no more leak is this normal or is there another issue maybe? im out of ideas on what to replace on it


please help

 

[evo-gsr]

Cake some 3bond on all surfaces, would be my suggestion mate. That shit seals anything.

 

[EV0300]

the two surfaces might not be completely flat, is it a stock turbo/drain combo? tried using some oil resistant gasket silicone?

 

[4piknup]

My flexy drain seems to leak on the convolutions.

 

[croket]

they are a bastard thing , mine leaked constantly used all kids of sealant and gaskets. It now has a alloy fitting coming off the turbo and one on the sump with -12 an fittings and push o oil hose.
the sealant used is some sort of stick tar like aeromotive shit. This seems to have worked for awhile now

 

[croket]

My flexy drain seems to leak on the convolutions.

They tend to split on the flexy drain thats one of the reasons i got rid of mine ive got 2 new ones ill never ever use since going to my new setup

 

[4piknup]

Its like each little ring us pressed over the next and rolled together.
I think you fix is the best crocket

 

[evo-gsr]

the two surfaces might not be completely flat, is it a stock turbo/drain combo? tried using some oil resistant gasket silicone?

3bond is an oil resitant gasket maker. Also the reason I suggested caking it on was to alleviate the issue of one of the surfaces not being 100% flat.

The factory oil return are a prick of a thing...GTPumps sell a good aftermarket one which are much better.

 

[croket]

yeah seems to work pretty good just gotta keep an eye on tightening the an fitting as beig alloy it loosenes over time , im pretty sure it was a kit from ebay . bit of a pain to fit but once done its light years ahead of the stock setup

 

[evo-gsr]

I have a similar setup to Crocket too... big alloy fittings on sump and turbo. 3bond on all surfaces..
No leaks on mine!

 

[evo-gsr]

It also helps to use the factory bolt washers too. They seal the threads and stop weaps.

 

[croket]

+1 on the factory bolt washers here too

 

[edrag]

yeah seems to work pretty good just gotta keep an eye on tightening the an fitting as beig alloy it loosenes over time , im pretty sure it was a kit from ebay . bit of a pain to fit but once done its light years ahead of the stock setup

can I get a link of it buddy

 

[DOUGMO]

yep, genuine gasket and dowdy washers do the trick

 

[edrag]

its got a t04e turbo on it if that helps. does some1 have a pic of the stock dran setup?

 

[croket]

its got a t04e turbo on it if that helps. does some1 have a pic of the stock dran setup?

Dont have a linksorry mate was a fair while ago that it got done , best i can do is take a pic of a stock drain i have and another setup using a stock drain and oil hose on my spare engine

 

[croket]

Thats about the best i can do mate , the 2 returns are fairly different in internal size and wieght too . I think the black one is oem and the other is stainless aftermarket. The other pick was just a remidy for the ribs splitting. I would suugest looking for a fitting to bolt to the sump and get a braided stainless line made from turbo to that. Just replace the whole lot using new bolts , washers and sealant and it should be fine.

 

[BMGTZ]

seems to me that you might have the wrong dip stick. if there is oil in that pipe and the stick just reads full .....something is wrong

 

[edrag]

is it possible I have the cordia sump on my 4g

 

[Street Surgeon]

I had a constant battle with a leaky oil return as well, the answer for me was unfortunately to just buy all new OEM parts. I purchased a new OEM oil return, OEM oil return line gaskets, OEM bolts, and washers. Apparently the flanges had warped over time and we tried to get them flat with a fine file but it didn't work. I would be cautious about applying threebond liberally over the gaskets as you can easily put too much on and it will choke the flow of the oil return when you tighten the return line. Good luck.