Burning oil...turbo?

Jordan_J

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Jan 5, 2009
After I started my car up this year it started smoking and I figured it was from sitting but after a couple start ups it never went away and the smoking got a little worse as I brought RPM up. When I was doing a walk around while it was running I noticed oil leaking between the turbo and downpipe seeping onto the manifold. Now before I mail my turbo to get rebuilt would that be the turbo seal or could it be a valve or ring?

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The carbon is where the oil was and it's still a little damp where the DP touched the turbo.

EDIT: It doesn't smoke immediately upon start up but does a little bit after.
 
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