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BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 8:02 pm

Well, the other day I blew my oil return line. Split it.

I dumped 4 quarts of Castrol GTX all over the ground in front of my friends office. I took his 05 Legacy GT wagon home to get more oil and limp it home.

It leaked about 3 quarts onto my garage floor.

Today, I am replacing the line with a Stainless Steel braided line, and I noticed something concerning enough to post about.

There was some white froth in my PCV lines. It was like a gunk build up.

Smelt and felt like oil.

Could this just be foaming caused by shitty oil and low oil level?

Should I be concerned about it?

I thought it was coolant, at first, but dismissed that based on smell and feel. There's really not much oil left for me to check the color and texture of the engine oil.

What do you guys think? I seriously doubt that it's coolant, but I'd like a little bit of conformation.

I drove it straight from his office into my garage where it has sat for the past 2 days.

I used some crap 99 cent 10w30 to limp it home. I normally use 10w30 Castrol GTX.

Think it'll all be OK?

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 8:36 pm

I am pretty sure now it's a false alarm.

There was a good bit of oil left in the car, probably about a quart and a half, maybe 2 max (as my 6 quart oil pan was full of one engines worth of oil, and it didn't over-flow)

The oil came out, I drained some of it into a cup to analyize it.

There were a LOT of air bubbles in it, but no signs of coolant, and the magnetic plug had no signs of metal on it either.

It came out black as coffee (shitty oil), but that was about it.

Shortest oil change EVER! 6 miles on that oil, and it looks worse than 3000 miles on Castrol, hmmm....

I'm not going to change the filter then, lol. I'm pretty good at pulling apart the car now though. The turbo is already out of the car since my last post, and I took a short 5 minute break to say goodbye to my grandma. I could do this with my eyes closed!

-K- · Post by **-K-** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:49 pm

I remember some gunk when I had my car apart. Seems pretty normal to me.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:12 pm

Yea, I really just think it was a mix of low-oil level and shitty oil.

Car is fixed, on the road, and not leaking a drop of fluid OR exhaust

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92 Le-Turbo-SS · Post by **92 Le-Turbo-SS** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:07 pm

sounds like your having the kind of holiday luck I had. Shit luck!

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:15 pm

whoa!

are you alright?

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 12:13 am

where did that happen at?

92 Le-Turbo-SS · Post by **92 Le-Turbo-SS** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 4:33 am

yeah I'm fine just a bit depressed. I'll give you the full details in the near future pending the outcome of many potential scenarios, i.e. insurance, payout,claims, etc. Lets just say it's a bizzare situation.

It happened at 6th & alder in T-town

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:50 am

how did you split your oil return line. i thought it was low pressure

J-MoNeY · Post by **J-MoNeY** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 8:10 am

The roof, the roof...

Seriously man. That looks like it sucks.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:55 pm

Jason - He used heater hose!

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:29 pm

good thing i got oem parts then huh

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