Back around Christmas, we were warming up the truck to drive to see family when I stayed smelling the faintest oil burning smell. I drove it 5mi to try to diagnose, smelled it strongly when I stopped and parked the truck until now. Went out today to diagnose it and there is smoke coming from the rear seal of the turbo, as well as what could be best described as boiling water. Mind, it has rained buckets over the last week, so it could be a little of that (I'm sure it isn't). However, there's oil on a line on the wheel well side of the turbo as well as oil drips on the exhaust end on the inside of the turbo. I am assuming it is fatal to the turbo, but I'd love confirmation from the group.

The black line plugging i to the top is thw one with oil on the outside. The gasket to the exhaust is where the boiling was coming from.



This shows the oil drip from the engine side. I used my snake camera instead of my phone, so the quality isnt as good.

Anyway, like I said, I assume the turbo is gone. If it is and you have experience in replacing them, any tips? 5 years ago, the number i heard from a Ford dealer was $4k. I shudder to think what it is now.

 

passenger side back of the head, there is a vacuum pump.....it has a gasket on it that is notorious for failing.
It causes an oil leak which drips down on the passenger exhaust and causes the burning smell....check that first if ya havent already