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Re: engine smoking!
If it's blue smoke, it's oil. If it's black, it's running rich.
-Josiah
'84 GTi
http://bork.hampshire.edu/josiah
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Jason Arms wrote:
>
> Sort of on the same subject. my 1.8 16v in my reciently aquired Jetta GLI
> smokes. Currently it has a quarter sized hole in the downpipe between the
> flex section and the cat. Im pretty shure that it is just bad rings causing
> it to smoke since it has about 140k on it, but is there any way that the
> exaust leaking where it is could be messing up the O2 sensor causing it to
> run to rich and look like it is burning oil? The level was low when i got
> the car, i added oil, but have not checked to see if any is missing.
> Although it is dripping from the oil pan gasket a little. The thing that is
> wierd is that it runs and drives fine, it has lots of power too! LMK if
> this could be an easy fix, but it probably is just bad rings :(
>
> Jason Arms (Essex, VT)
>
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