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blow-by is not a bad thing, its just oil vented out of the crankcase vent into the intake through the plastic pipe you see above the throttle body. it usually pools (its more of a drop) in the turbo intake, infront of the compressor, but you say yours is clean there?

perhaps the front of the turbo was cleaned at the service?

also phantm, that looks pretty dirty mate, mine isn't that dirty after 5 years, 100k and no cleaning!! is that oil running down the comp housing?

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PHANTM - Im with Keiran...

Maybe its because its more dusty where you are & the dirt is showing up easier, But I wouldnt think that is an acceptable amount of oil... Looks a little too much.

My ute is over 2 years old and have not touched/cleaned the turbo and it looks clean as the day I bought it.

Im no turbo expert but might pay to have it looked at?

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might be because of the design ,with the ba/bf that outlet faces down so the oil would go down the pipe'with this design any oil left in that pipe would drain back ,maybe just try nipping that clamp up a bit

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PHANTM - Im with Keiran...

Maybe its because its more dusty where you are & the dirt is showing up easier, But I wouldnt think that is an acceptable amount of oil... Looks a little too much.

My ute is over 2 years old and have not touched/cleaned the turbo and it looks clean as the day I bought it.

Im no turbo expert but might pay to have it looked at?

I'm a mechanic by trade and to me that's minimal.

It is a very dusty environment where I live and I haven't cleaned my engine bay since I bought the car.

I've not noticed the oil level on my dipstick dropping either, but as you can see from the pic it's not wet either.

Dust just makes it look worse than it really is.

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also phantm, that looks pretty dirty mate, mine isn't that dirty after 5 years, 100k and no cleaning!! is that oil running down the comp housing?

It's not oil running down the compressor housing either, just stained with dust.

No big deal, I'm not losing sleep over it.

If I was to see oil though, that would be a different story.

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