So guys I just got a new vortech, and it was acting up today its got like 50 miles at most on it. I open my hood and there is oil everywhere, My return line is straight no kinks I have fresh oil in it and I can not understand whats going on did the seals blow?? I am only running the stock pulley, my filter has oil on it too not a lot but some I cant take this everyone said these were reliable

 

could the oil Im seeing have anything to do with the old one that blew out I dont think that the intercooler or pipes were cleaned out by when it was replaced

 

Wow that sux, I've had my vortech on for approx 20,000 miles and have not had 1 problem with it yet(knock on wood)

-Wat was the original reason oil got all over? Were new seals replaced, if so take off all the piping and clean it and try it again

 

damn....that sucks. Let us know what you find out.

 

the whole unit was replaced b/c seals blew and it was bad oil everywhere it was nissans fault they kinked an oil line. so I got a new one there is no kinks now and or leaks on the fittings. so I took off part of the intercooler piping and found oil residue and it was on the maf I cleaned the maf and it works but there is still oil in the cooler.

Now my next questions are:
when the seals blow does the oil get in the piping??

Also when BPV blows does some of the air escape through the charger filter I noticed something coming out of the filter very faintly in the light

 

If the answers to the above questions are both yes I dont think that the charger isnt bad the intercooler just needs to be cleaned and what I am seeing is residue from the piping coming out in the air and slowly accumulating

 

Yea, I believe its some left over residue. if you have time take it off and clean it out. Good luck man

 

thats one yes one more to confirm and I will click my heals in celebration that there is nothing serious wrong, I dont what to have to go through that sh#$ again

 

I had the same problem...I went through 2 blowers before I scraped the Vortech and went turbo. First unit had bad seals....second unti had bad bearings and seals. Oil collects in the IC tube then blows everywhere out the BOV. Ultimately cost me big $$$$ in extra parts and repair time to fix the additional damage the oil leak caused. Did you get your blower re-sealed after the kink issue? If not, the kink may have caused a pressure back up and blown out a seal....Vortech hung me out on this initially and I didn't get my money back until I went postal on the phone. Dump it and go turbo...way faster and less hassel IMO.

 

I got a new charger when it went bad I guess they said it couldnt be repaired, I think I got the problem fixed, I took apart my intercooler and there was oil everywhere in the pipes cleaned it all up good and nissan took off my plenum they didnt tighten it back down so that blew open, but I think I finally got everything straight

 

good to hear...good luck

 

Turbos can have the same problems if oil gets backed up for any reason (kinks, PCV valve, crankcase pressure, etc). Glad it's settled...

 

sounds like you need to stop going to nissan

if air is coming out the filter you may need to adjust the by-pass valve