BMW E53 Oil from exhaust

[Jtheboy05]

Hi,

I am hoping I can pick some brains!

I have a 3litre turbo diesel 2002 X5, while I was driving the revs dipped and white smoke started coming out of the exhaust and by white smoke i mean the whole road was covered.

I got it recovered home and there was no oil or water in the engine at all. I refilled it and ran it. The white smoke came out straight away but after about 10 minutes oil started pouring out of the exhaust. While it was running it did not overheat and the turbo was replaced with a new one about 20k ago.

I'm thinking the white smoke is head gasket but was more worried about the oil.

Thanks

[jjones]

Sounds like the oil seal in the turbo has gone (exhaust side). This allows oil into the exhaust, if it is hot it will burn and produce a lot of smoke.

[Jtheboy05]

Thanks for the reply, would there be a way to be sure before stripping it.