Volvo Repair: S60 smoking, nicorette gum, flame trap

Question
2001 S60 T5, 2.3L turbo. Tailpipe is smoking profusely, blue/grey color.

I can drive the car for about 20 minutes, and the smoke COMPLETELY vanishes for hours. Start it cold, and smoke.
Something obviously is heating up, and YES there is still oil in the car.  Turbo bearing seals? PCV system? There is a wimpy turbo noise at acceleration, and a slight loss of power. Not the normal turbo whine that I am used to. Although the whine has been getting noisier over the last 2 years.

Checked PCV system, no vacuum at oil filler, which suggests clogged PCV system. PCV tube from PCV to Oil filler is clear. There is some residual oil in the Turbo inlet. what next? Does this sound like clogged PCV, or bad turbo? Can I check the turbo bearing/slop from above, or under car?

clay

Answer
Clay, Got to give it some nicorette gum to make it stop Smoking.  HaHA.  Anyway, I  have seen this where the car is overfilled with oil, or a Turbo failure, but to be honest, I have never had to replace a Turbo on a S60.  I have also never had a clogged flame trap box.  The turbo cars do not have a Flame trap filter but something could be blocked somewhere.  I would check all the Turbo hoses for holes.  That is somehting that happens more frequently.  You can check the bearing from the top but do it cold.  Roger