Smoke and oil leak

[MonkeyMD]

Ok. So here's a quick summary of what's been going on and what's new.

Oil leak from pan. Replaced with iSweep aluminum pan. Still leaked. Oil sensor gasket wasn't seated. Fixed mostly.

Replaced pcv with MK8. Seemed fine until oil pan & turbo gasket replaced. Now smoking mostly on right turns but now also left.

Yesterday, noticed this oil behind exhaust.

Are my turbo bearings or seals going?
Is it bad PCV?
Or is it something else?

 

[GTI Jake]

That looks like soot, not oil. Could just be from cold start/condensation or if you washed the car recently

 

[MonkeyMD]

I hope so.

 

[victorofhavoc]

Pull your intake and hot side intercooler hose... Any oil there?

Start with pre/post checks on the parts you swapped.

 

[anotero]

Viewing the photo on my 5 year old phone, and $20 that's not oil and Jake is right.

 

[kyLman]

I'm going to guess its a leaking injector. Fuel is leaking when you shutoff the vehicle, and leaks to the exhaust. On startup, blows the excess fuel out the exhaust. I bet it smells like fuel a little bit (if its fresh)

 

[DerHase]

Just saw this thread. Of all your smoke shows with the MK8 valve installed - has there been any noticeable drop of oil on the dipstick? I burned 1.5 qts in ~50-60min on track at VIR back in July, and while it smoked, it was nothing like the plumes you have put out. I'd imagine oil level would drop noticeably based on that.

 

[MonkeyMD]

It did. Went from top of dipstick to middle after that test and 1 AutoX