Stock Turbo Question - SRT Forums

jamie640 · 11-13-2008, 09:48 PM

Hey i have an 04 srt-4, got it not too long ago, it has 20000miles, and it's completely stock except for a cold air intake. Anyways is it normal for the turbo to blow a little bit of oil in the boost lines? I noticed the bottom hose connected on the front left intercooler fitting was sweating, with a drop of oil hanging off the hose clamp, i took the hose off and its wet with oil in there. Ive never had to add oil or noticed it using oil or anything.

And if you guys would know, i have what seems like a slight engine missfire at idle on the engine. If you watch the engine it will shake a bit every 5 seconds or so, and when youre sitting at idle at a red light in the car i can feel a little bump sitting in the seat every now and then while idleing, its like the exaust system rumbles a bit. I had it in at the dodge dealership still on warranty, and they said bad plugs, i guess it isnt warranty to change the plugs and they wanted $154 to do it, so i said no and replaced them myself, and it didnt really make a difference. I checked the plug wires for resistance and theyre about 3.3K ohms, is that normal? Has anyone had this problem before, what could it be? Oh and yes i guess i should have asked them about the turbo blowing oil while it was in there but didnt notice it until after. Thanks alot guys!

wooden · 11-13-2008, 09:52 PM

the oil in the cool side charge pipe in normal. all turbo engine cause oil in the intake, the fix is get an oil catch can. The rough running is normal too. From what i was told is that our cars have a performance cam and causes the engine to run rougher. What kind of plugs did you out in?

jamie640 · 11-13-2008, 09:58 PM

the engine miss and oil blowing is normal? is every srt4 like that??

srtmatty · 11-13-2008, 10:10 PM

you need to get a catch can, for the plugs get ngk 4306's with some msd wires should run you bout $60 for everything

uberingram · 11-14-2008, 08:24 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by jamie640

the engine miss and oil blowing is normal? is every srt4 like that??

For the most part. These cars blow a lot of oil through the PCV and tend to eat plugs and wires pretty quick. Do as suggested above.

BigMac · 11-17-2008, 01:54 AM

To answer your other question, 3.3k ohms is within the acceptable range for plug wire resistance per the service manual. But I agree with the others, plugs and wires are the prime suspect, and look into a catch can.