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Old 06-06-2017, 08:08 AM
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Simple: the same oil that's contaminating the inside of the intake is also present on the shafts and even dripping off of one of them. There is no other path for oil to get there that I can see. And if oil can trespass, so can air.

It may not be a "vacuum leak" since it's a diesel, but it's certainly a boost leak, though probably minor.
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