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      07-26-2020, 07:21 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by TwinSnailz View Post
Symptoms of rich fuel is more of a dark smoke. Which at that rate will trigger a cel. What you have is clearly white/blue smoke. Burning oil or coolant will not trigger any cel. Rebuilding your turbo seals is pretty easy straight forward if you decide and can’t troubleshoot any further.
I would say borescope the cylinder but cylinder 1 and 5 will always have the most oil crud due to the pcv throwing back into the intake and the cyclinder closest to the throttle body will suck up the oil.
Thanks, that definitely makes sense. I am definitely burning a bit more oil that I think I should. I'm at around a qt every 1500ish miles depending on how I drive.

I had both turbos rebuilt by turbo labs of America during the rebuild, so I doubt that's the issue unless they messed something up.

What would seeing in the cylinder with a borescope tell me, or what should I specifically be looking for? I apologize novice question, I'm mechanically inclined, but this engine is well beyond my comfort level!
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