930 oil leak question

pu911 · 05-25-2013, 10:15 AM

So I have one the typical 930 issues- bought a low mileage car that has not been driven much, has recently been resealed, did not leak. Drove it 1000 miles home and it's developed a couple of leaks. The worst leak is coming from one of the oil lines that connects the oil tank to the front cooler. I tightened up the fitting, it was not very tight but did not fix leak, maybe a little worse. Do these lines need to be replaced, how tight should fittings be?
Thanks,
Phil

timmy2 · timmy2's Garage

Solid or flexible line?
Post a picture of where the leak is coming from.

pu911 · 05-25-2013, 08:09 PM

Dennis,
It's a flexible line with metal fitting on end, seems to have stopped leaking. It appears that there is now some oil coming down one of the air shields at front of motor, on drivers side, hard to see what is going on.
Phil

willtel · 05-25-2013, 08:45 PM

An oil leak on the top front of the engine is often the PCV line that has separated. Do you smell fuel\oil in the cabin after boost?

pu911 · 05-25-2013, 09:18 PM

I don't but I'll check to make sure, it seems to have started all of a sudden.
thanks,
Phil

WERK I · WERK I's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by pu911

Dennis,
It's a flexible line with metal fitting on end, seems to have stopped leaking. It appears that there is now some oil coming down one of the air shields at front of motor, on drivers side, hard to see what is going on.
Phil

When you say "front of motor, on drivers side", are you referring to the end of the motor closest to the rear bumper or furthest away?

If it's the bumper side, there are two oil lines to look at. One is the small oil line feeding the camshaft oil tensioners. The other is the oil line feeding the turbocharger.
If it's furthest away from the bumper, more than likely it is the turbocharger sump pump fittings or the o-rings in the sump pump itself.

pu911 · 05-26-2013, 08:05 AM

Dave,

I've checked those, they are good, it the end of motor towards tranny, I'll poke around some more today.

Thanks,

Phil

pu911 · 05-26-2013, 09:46 AM

Ok did a little more digging around- here is a what I can easily see are issues, some sort of valve with broken hose, is this the PVC valve? Oil collecting on top of driver side HE, loose gasket between turbo pipe and IC, spilt inner CV boots, should axles and/or CV be replaced or can I just change out boots.
Thanks,
Phil