Yesturday drove to Aptos to meet with family, everything seemed ok, been noticing a tiny hint of a burning smell. Then, today, driving back over the 17, my car seemed to be hesitating under 3000 rpm, no boost, and even has somewhat lack of power. Although, wide open it seems ok, but was scared after trying WOT once since now there is issues.

Parked in front of another relative's house in Willow Glen for a couple hours and go to start the car and tons of white smoke came out for the first seconds after start, then clear. Limped the subie home and thats when I notice small periods of hesitation once in a while, no boost, under 3k rpm.

At home, put on jack stands, took undercover off and there is oil leaking from the bottom of the turbo, great, just in time for the tahoe trip next week.

Here is a picture below of where the leak is coming from.


Do you think incorrect oil pressure could be the problem?


Last note...very small amount of oil has leaked, even though its a mess, and it was hard to notice b/c I check my oil almost everyday. Since the last oil change (1500 miles ago), oil consumtion is 0.2 quarts, seems pretty normal.

What does the i-club community think about this? I don't really know what to do...waiting for my buddy Jerry to come check it out, but it is Xmas and all, hard to expect friends to help ya out right now.