I recently got my whole blower unit rebuilt not even 1k miles ago. I noticed the other day, there was some oil on the front frame brace, and decided to check out where it was coming from, Im pretty sure I found out the source, its from the intake inlet of the blower unit.

Here is a pic where the oil was leaking out:


some oil was also in the charge pipes and plastic/rubber intake inlet:





The oil was kind of goopy:


Well I decided leave the intake inlet elbow off and start the car up, after a couple mins of running and some mild revs from the motor, you could see this: small oil streams coming from the blower


I wiped everything off, and went for a 30 mile drive, came back took the intake inlet off and saw this again:







My question is...Is this normal at all for it to leak oil out of the intake side of the blower unit, as I stated before this is a brand new rebuilt unit with new seals and a brand new back cartridge.


Im thinking of sending it back before the 6mo, unlimited mileage warranty expires

 

lots of comptech issues lately. This doesnt seem to be normal. May need to be rebuilt.


Technically this is a vortech issue.

 

Ah just noticed it was just rebuilt. I would send it back.

 

funny, i asked this question a couple of months back and everyone told me it was fine, and not to worry.

??

 

Hmm, Maybe some people with expericence can chime in.

 

a little oil is "normal" IMO.

 

Define "a little".

I don't experience any oil like he is describing in the inlet tube or the inlet of the blower.

There is a slight oily residue on the oulet of the blower to where it connects with my after cooler. But it has been tehre from day 1 and it isn't building up anymore.

 

That a bit more oil than i'd like, looks more like a broken seal to me!!

 

 

Do you have your bypass routed into the intake? ( stock comptech is) if so I wouldnt really worry about it. The bypass blows oil back into pre supercharger intake.