I just don't know how the return line could have caused it to fail so quickly.
The return line wasn't all that bad. it did have a few dings in it, but nothing that would have restricted oil all that much. and it was leaky because we didn't have a gasket going to the turbo thats understandable.
There is that dent towards the tops
It's hard to get a pic inside because of the light but there's no way that small restriction caused it to go out so quickly
this sides pretty good too
When i start the car (initial idle) and at WOT its well over 100psi. (maxed my gauge out)
Do you think possibly the oil restricter is bad? because i could understand how 100psi could blow the seal.
when you just replaced the exhaust wheel, that had a new seal on it but you said my other seal looked fine? so what else could it have been? could it have also been the compressor house or end cap oring? Im running out of ideas.