Awesome thanks guys. Unfortunately I got rear-ended yesterday and the rear passenger fender is all bent up and terrible looking. May or may not end up getting it fixed, we'll see what insurance says.

Anyway, the car is smoking a lot and burning a lot of oil, which I can't understand, because it does it sporadically. If I am idling on a slope, the car will start burning oil to the point of making a cloud the size of a Volkswagen, it also smokes on star-tup, and it smokes after going from highway speeds to a stop (when getting off the freeway, coming to a stop out in the country, etc.). It also seems to be start smoking a lot when driving over any slopes. When the car is on perfectly level ground it still smokes, although not an abnormal amount for an old diesel.

Any ideas as to why it would smoke so badly while on a slope/or when suddenly slowing to a stop?

If I end up being able to keep the car and get the body all fixed up, I'll probably end up rebuilding the engine but in the meantime I guess I'll go back to driving my w123 and hope the transmission lasts another couple weeks until I'm ready to swap a manual in

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1982 300D Turbodiesel, daily driver. Mods so far: Fram 8038 paper filter, 4 brake light mod, Gen II w126 (front) rotors/calipers, boost turned up to 12lbs, non-egr manifolds, water/methanol injection, 4-speed manual
1980 300SD Turbodiesel, project car, nearly ready to hit the street

1974 240D, New paint