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Godzilla34

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Hi so did another track day down at Wakefield today was a good day but was probably the warmest day ive done down there so

Anyways oil temp got to 130 degrees so I took the car in for a cool down, everything was fine , as I turned the car off and allowed the turbo timer to do its job I noticed alot of smoke coming from

The engine bay. Quickly turned the car off and noticed the turbo exhaust side was glowing insanely red. A small

Amount of oil on the ground but I assume to smoke was just burnt oil, anyways allowed the car to cool completely down for the day jacked the car up noticed an area near the sump where oil may have come from. Started the car again and allowed to idle for 10 mins and gave it a few hits on boost everything sounded fine an no more oil I than needed to drive her home as I live in Sydney and it drove fine the whole way home no issues and no more oil im just curious to know of I may have damaged anything and should I get the mechanic to take a look.

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Id say make sure your tappet covers are tight to start with, or even replace the gaskets, what probly happened is that with the excess heat the old rubber gaskets have gone too soft and let some oil past them. Its happened on mine. Also sounds like you have a blocked cat or close too it.

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130deg C is a bit hot - time to look for an oil cooler. What kind of oil are you using? Synthetic is a bit more forgiving of overheating. And if you are not doing a cool down lap idle the engine for a few minutes before switching off.

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Yeah im using penrite fully synthetic. Going to have to do an oil change now looks pretty burnt. Yeah i will get onto installing/ purchasing an oil cooler in the next coming week or so. I left the car on turbo timer but thats when the problem happened but coincidence i guess.

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