Recent content by MidfieldWes

Makes sense. Thanks for your advice!

I have 136,000 miles. I’ve always run 5w30 so I’ll try 5w40 next oil change and see if it helps at all. PCV valve would make sense because it hasn’t been changed. I’ve also seen online about how running an aftermarket oil restrictor bolt can help with this issue. Any insight on that?

I’ve been going pretty easy on it since noticing this so I haven’t been under boost long enough to see if it goes away. I do check the oil regularly and I regularly have to add some to keep it in range.

I have a 2011 MS3, stock as far as I know. I know it’s a common issue to have some smoke and oil consumption associated with the turbo, but the posts I’ve seen, it typically occurs on deceleration/downshifting. My issue is when I’m accelerating heavily and the turbo is boosting. Typically I...