Howdy

Have a 98 V70 with the 2.4 turbo(B5254T) - the car has covered 106,000 km's and is starting to drink a fair bit of oil. Had the return pipe replaced as the seals were gone. Apart from the distributor seal everything looks OK.
Is there anything else I should be checking?
Anyone else know of common oil consumption issues with the turbos?
And more importantly are they very $$$$?

PS current spec of oil for Australian climate is 15W/40

Thanks a bunch

How much oil exactly is it using?

Unless it's using more than 1 qt per 1000 miles (considered "normal" by most manufacturers), it's ALOT cheaper to just know its consumption rate and add a qt once in a while vs paying ALOT of money to re-ring the engine (IF that's the source that is).

At the moment it is consuming about 3.1 litres (3.3 quarts) for every 2000km (1500 miles). A little bit high for my liking!

I get your point about adding a few qts - does make econimical sense...

If it's not leaking ALOT, that's very high oil consumption for any engine and you probably see smoke billowing out the exhaust on accel too. If it's burning, your rings are NG and/or there's piston/cyl wall damage (a labor extensive job). Bad valve guide seals (or worn guides) won't cause that much oil consumption.

...almost forgot (didn't notice the turbo....early here, coffee not engaged), you could also have bad turbo oil seals, front or rear. One needs to determine if it's a bad turbo (rebuild or replace) or ring related. Am engine compression test and cylinder leak down test will determine the health of the engine so if that's good, it'd be your turbo.

Thanks
I'm thinking it could be the Turbo, there is a fair bit of oil weeping around this area. The only visible smoke is on start up after a long run.

I'll have to scope out what we can do for a re-built after a compression test.

cheers!