2006 e53 3.0i with 153K miles.

So i was burning a lot of oil, about a quart every 1000 miles or more. simple solution, it's the CCV. so i replace all the CCV parts on wednesday which was kind of a pain but doable and put it all back together. i cleaned the DISA, ICV, Throttle body, MAF and whatever else i could while in there. so i gotta put some miles on it to know if that was the problem.

yesterday i was doing some spirited driving cause it feels like she's got a ton of power, running great, and i just installed an AFE intake so i wanted to hear it. (i have a 6-speed Manual) When i got home i smelt burning oil, at least i think it's oil, i open up the hood and the engine bay is smoking. not a lot but enough to cause concern. i parked it and opened a bottle of vino.

no low oil light, no high temp, no low coolant and i took the X out today and still drives great. no smoke, no anything. (still smells from the oil yesterday.)

my only concern is that i may have busted the CCV when muscling it in there, or that the top hose #3 in the attachment is not connected properly at the top of the CCV.

any other suggestions or ways to diagnose before i go back in? i plan to do it monday, i will first look for valve cover gasket leaks and so on but that was done 8K miles ago or so.

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