Originally Posted by
discorevy
Try to get an inspection camera if you have one through the egr plate on the exhaust manifold to see if the carbon build up is dry or wet , if wet it narrows it down to rings/ bore or valve stem seals but with what you have described it does seem like valve stem seals and / or guides( give the engine a rev before you do the above to make it smoke then let turbo wind down for 10 seconds and shut off ), if dry carbon in manifold.
check the turbine side of turbo to see if that carbon is dry, the vgt's can leak oil into the lower pressure side ( turbine )first,