Ok. Tomorrow the motor is going to be on the ground.
 

I had been planning on pulling the motor in my down time to do a full inspection of the motor and transmission.:ouch:

Well I'm about to get it on the floor tomorrow, but while pulling off the intercooler boots I come across some krappy news. On the inlet side of the intercooler there is a fine soot from the great and wonderful nevada desert:scare2: introduced the system by the wonerful supposed high performance K&N filter the dick put on.:dang: Anyways, on the outlet side and on the intake horn there is a coating of oil. I checked the turbo and it has a little up and down movement to it too.:argh:

So upon all this inspection I am starting to think that the oil in the intake is not a very good sign to the overall condition of the motor. What do you guys think about the oil in the intake? Think my rings ar shot because of the soot from the intake?:humm:

oil in your intake is moft often caused by a blown turbo, especially if you say there is shaft play

exactly...............prolly lost a turbo some where along the line in years gone past

When I brush away the soot on the inlet side of the intercooler there is no sign of oil though.

side to side movement (axiel) doesnt mean much on a babbet bearing , the oil will take up that when under pressure

In and out movement would be the bad then?

in and out or side to side, either of them are bad, a turbo compressor wheel should be tight in all aspects

yes radial play shows excessive wear

Time to find an hx35 then.

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So do you guys think that soot could have done some damage inside the motor that would cause the oil in the intake?

the soot had to come backwards on maybe a backfire??

the oil came from a shelled out turbo