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landev · #7 11-17-2015, 12:11 AM

Thanks all for the replies. In order...
Sixto/Stretch: The ALDA is indeed there. I pulled the bajo bolt, all is clean and there seem to be no leaks there nor anywhere on the pump. Though it may not be related, I'm certain there is a vacuum leak as the sound I'm hearing stops for ~ 2-3 seconds whenever I actuate anything vacuum related, i.e. mixing doors, door locks and such. The pitch does not vary either... just like someone is blowing a high note on a penny whistle.
Cooljjay: The smoke is black and only noticeable occurs just as the turbo kicks in. 'Tried driving it like the BMW... still smokes. The odd thing is it runs absolutely fabulous!

MaxBumpo: I'm thinking it may be the injectors but I don't know enough about that. 'Raises a question... can't a person just buy new injectors and have them be at spec pressure/pattern?

DKR: sounds like a nightmare... I'm hoping for something that will be a bit less intrusive to fix!

Oil source... it seems (as near as I can tell) having dug into it, that the bulk of the oil leak is coming from the breather on top of the valve cover. After pulling the air filter housing and crawling around, it seems that is the main source of the leakage. I had no idea it was putting out that much oil, but sure looks like the culprit.

Thank you all for your time on this. I intend to dig deeper come this weekend (unfortunately I'm still working for "the man" and don't have a lot of time during the week.) The moral support really helps!

-l-