Re: engine smoking!

[Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>]

I experienced that once wherepop car made a hiccup and then a pop noise
and lost power follwed by smoke out the exhaust. I thought for sure it was
a blown headgasket. It turns out that i had changed the oil the day before
and added to much and it "puked" in to my airbox and then came out as
smoke. Check your airfilter, I'll bet that there will be a decent size
spot of oil. 






Rich Deede
2000 GTI GLX
1988 Scirocco 2.0 16v
1987 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Michael Abatzis wrote:

> ok. i was engaging in some spirited driving on friday. as i came down from 
> about 6500 rpm, i started to lose power. i pulled to the side of the road, 
> and smoke started billowing out of the exhaust. shut the car off, and looked 
> under the hood for something obvious, but didn't see anything. no idiot 
> lights or anything, temp was normal. it seemed like there was a little too 
> much oil (i think this was the prob). i had added oil a few days before, but 
> i had checked it when it was hot, so i think i added too much. anyway, the 
> smoke died down after a while, and the car has been running normally since. 
> i figured i probably blew some oil past the rings into the chamber. i guess 
> only 1 question: any chance that it's something more serious? maybe bad 
> rings? will there be any lingering problems (blown seals or whatever)? i'm 
> planning on getting a new block, but i need this one to last for another 
> couple of months...
> tia,
> michael abatzis
> 88 16v scirocco
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