well u might have been seeing blue smoke due to the extra fuel that was being thrown into the pistons, before this final retune. Fuel in oil degrades it rather quickly. My M104 shows signs of dirty oil from abt 3500 - 4000km depending on abuse. Merc engins arent very tight like honda and mitsubishi. My fiend's evo 9 tuned to abt 400+ hp on stock internals still only uses abt 1/2 a liter every 4000km.

As for the plate well i cant give any input.

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