white smoke

rodneyj13 · Post by **rodneyj13** » Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:01 pm

[*]hi everyone i am getting a cloud of white smoke when pulling away in 1st after sitting in traffic for a while what could be the problem

RedBeard · Post by **RedBeard** » Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:20 pm

Could be overfeuling

dcmk4 · Post by **dcmk4** » Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:37 pm

What car is it/what engine?

Ashveer03 · Post by **Ashveer03** » Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:45 pm

Petrol cars
- white smoke is generally coolant being burnt
- if mistaken for grey oil smoke then it could be worn valve stem seals or guides

Diesel cars
- normally unburnt fuel from leaky injectors

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rodneyj13 · Post by **rodneyj13** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:00 pm

DCmk3 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:37 pm What car is it/what engine?

Mk4 gti 20v 1.8t

Jetta2 · Post by **Jetta2** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:35 pm

How many kilos on the car? Could quite possibly be the turbo seals are on the way out, causing small amounts of oil to leak into the zorst and that is causing the smoke.
Or it could be valve stem seals.

dcmk4 · Post by **dcmk4** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:24 pm

Sounds like the typical valve stem seals the 20v engines face.
If you slow down in gear and accelerate again after a bit, can you see any smoke? That's an easy indicator after pulling vacuum while slowing down.

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