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Like any new, proud "parent", Tex is just a little concerned. Remember, the turbo "seal" leaks oil back to the crankcase, because the exhaust and intake pressures are higher than crankcase pressure, there isn't much oil leakage possible UNLESS the turbo oil drain becomes clogged.

Tooling around your place at 10 MPH doesn't put a real load on the engine. It doesn't take much more fuel to spin the engine at 1800 RPM than 800 RPM, most of that additional load is from the fan. And 10 MPH takes all of 3 Hp, give or take. Plus, it has been quite humid in your area, this...

But running it under 10 MPH? The engine can be warm but you still can wet stack it. Not as bad as indirect injection engines but still makes for a mess. Incomplete fuel burn causes soot and diesel to coat the exhaust system, it runs back and leaks everywhere. There is a gasket or you could...

And have you been lightly running it? Normal.

Where is the pinhole? As far as the exhaust spatter, it happens. Cover the exhaust stack when not in use to keep rain out...when has it rained? Or have you been running it under light load? That is called "wet stacking", the exhaust never gets very warm and as such, the exhaust has lots of...