Blown Journal Bearing Seal?

[4everkidd]

A couple months ago my car started blowing white smoke when it was hot and I got into boost. While this was happening the car was burning a heavy amount of oil even for an M car.
No codes were being thrown.
I assumed journal bearing at the time but then the car stoped blowing smoke almost as quickly as it started and oil consumption normalized.

Today I got under my car to install my new Turner skid plate and VTT CBC and noticed this oily mess on my turbo. There is heavy oil buildup on the body and near all of the oil ports.
There doesn't seem to be oil buildup on the downpipe side however that most likely flashed off.

For those of you who are more turbo savvy than me would you assume I blew out my journal bearing seal?

Car has 50,000kms

Thanks.

[4everkidd]

A couple pics inside the "hot side" of the turbo

Edit: just looked inside my charge pipes and have a strange buildup inside; looks like a mixture of coolant and dirt. Leaking charge cooler would explain the white smoke and make a hell of a lot more sense than a blown journal bearing

[4everkidd]

No one? Is an external oil buildup a sign of a failed turbo or failed oil ports?

[Chris@VargasTurboTech]

It's possible. Without looking in person it's a little hard to tell, did you try cleaning it up and seeing where it comes back? Might be a simple weeping oil line.

[4everkidd]

Originally Posted by Chris@VargasTurboTech

It's possible. Without looking in person it's a little hard to tell, did you try cleaning it up and seeing where it comes back? Might be a simple weeping oil line.

I haven't but that's not a bad idea. I will try tonight while reassembling everything.

Thanks Chris

[4everkidd]

I believe I found the issue as updated in post #2. May be a leaking charge cooler