hi all

 

I'm on with an engine swap in my 1990 tt manual.

 

I'm just about to put the new engine into the car but have noticed there is a noticable amount to oil in the drivers side plenum when i open the butterfly valve, the pass side is clean with no oil. The engine seems to have had the pcvs changed and the turbos are apparently reconned. they have turbo technics id tags on them.

 

What could be the cause ?????

 

I really dont want to go through all the chew of putting the engine in, box on and everything else to find out the engines a dud.

how was the engine transported?

 

could it have got there then?

on a pallet by a third party upright. or so i think. i see where your going.

 

its more of a coating inside the plenum me thinks.

since the engine is out of the car it makes it a bit more difficult to check (from a running it point of view but not from a dismantling / rebuild point).

 

if it was in the car I would have said check the pipe leading to the throttle body and the one from the turbo also the intercooler for oil.... that would either confirm or rule out a problem with the turbo. you can check the cold side of the turbo for oil....

 

you could however take off and check the pcv.... if it's OK you could reason that there is oil there because they didn't clean it after the pcv and turbo replacement.

 

they say they have replaced things.... but really.. "they say that they have replaced things".... it's a lot easier to say than to do!!! lol... any receipts (not that they are 100% proof)....

 

or as you suspect there is something wrong, since you can't start it up... I'm not positive but I think the only way from there is to start taking it apart and checking individual components..

could start with the turbo, then move on the plenum..etc...