Smoke from front of engine (m57) 2010.

[Diesel Spectre]

Another update and man it’s not going well. Took everything out down to the oil return line, replaced it with new (not from ECS) and replaced all the gaskets on the rebuild. I just couldn’t see wasting more time if they didn’t seal or only sealed for a few thousand miles. So by the book, everything went back together to the point I had it before (almost). So the only thing I had left was the LP egr cooler and I bought new bolts and gaskets for it. Get it into position and the clamp on the egr valve, move to the rear connection to the dpf and nope, not a chance. The angle they welded that flange on the new dpf will never align, let alone seal to the egr cooler. So there’s you answer folks, eBay dpfs wont work and it’s not worth it to try. So now I’m doing the dpf job again which means subframe comes down again and everything. Thank goodness I don’t have to get into the turbochargers again but man, how long is this job going to last? I must’ve been an a-hole in my past life cause my luck lately is crap.
So now the plan is to take the old dpf to be cleaned somewhere in jersey (hopefully) and drill out the broken bolts and remove the sensors. Wish me luck, I need all I can get.