Blue smoke from 86 5kcstq

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> When I started my car this morning I got a huge amount of blue smoke from
> the exaust.  The car had been parked for about 2 days, and was fine when I
> parked it.  I shut it down after about 10 seconds and checked all of the
> fluids, everything OK.  I restarted it and let it idle for about 3 minutes,
> during this time the smoke seemed to be about the same.  So I went for a
> quick mile or so drive to see if it cleaned up, it did.  I let it idle again
> for about 15 minutes, no smoke.  I let it sit for about 20 minutes and then
> restarted, no smoke.  The car seems to run fine no miss or odd noises.  The
> smoke is obviously oil burning, but the question is from where.  I was going
> to run a compression check in the morning.  Anybody have any other ideas?

Turbo seal, inlet side.  Let the car stand again, then pull the hose
from the end of the turbo and see if a thin strip of paper picks up
oil lying in the vane housing.

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