turbo oil leak

[Submoa_hunter]

I suspect a seal in my turbo has gone, Its going through a lot of oil lately. And it spits out unburnt diesel and oil out of the tailpipe on startup. Also my oil pressure has dropped a bit, would a faulty seal cause the pressure to drop? Internally the engine is sound, jjust did a compression test.

[nitro]

Is it a dodge truck ? When ours did it the rings where shot in it

[Submoa_hunter]

Originally Posted by nitro

Is it a dodge truck ? When ours did it the rings where shot in it

It's a Toyota diesel. 1kzte engine, popular outside of North America

[dale7637]

Turbo seals could puke oil out the exhaust, and drop engine oil pressure. The un burnt diesel is a concern though.
What is your blow by situation like?

[Submoa_hunter]

No blow by. Couldn't the unburnt diesel be something to do with excessive oil being burned in the cylinders, therefore making it harder to completely burn all the diesel every cycle?

[DiabeticKripple]

When we blow turbos at work, the air intake is usually full of oil.

Is there any smoke?

[cdmc]

Suspect washed out rings or valve issue Dump the oil and see if there is diesel in it.
No way otherwise there is unburnt fuel in the exhaust.

[rmbhs]

I had a turbo diesel volkswagen that had oil dripping from the turbo. there was plastic valve located on the top of the valve cover that was connected to the turbo air intake pipe. The valve had failed and was allowing the turbo to suck air 100% of the time/unrestricted from the top end. I'm no expert but I replace the $60 valve and the oil in the turbo stopped. I wonder, if I had taken it to the dealer would I have ended up with a new turbo ? maybe. Anyways, my problem doesn't sound like it was a severe as yours,