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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Duncreflex on 15 April 2010, 18:42
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There I was enjoying an afternoon drive, when........
In third gear at about 3500 revs white smoke billowed out of both exhaust pipes. It lasted about five seconds and completely filled the road behind me.
Shocked that my 4 week old gti had just appeared to blow it's engine, I stopped imediatey.
No warning lights appeared on my dash, the exhaust sounded slightly deeper than usual and the tickover didn't feel as smooth as normal.
Concerned I rang my dealership who arranged to have my car towed home. It's going to be towed to my local dealership tomorrow morning.
Any ideas guys? Was thinking maybe turbo's gone or catalitic converter....
Any thoughts would be most welcome, as I'm sat in the middle of nowhere waiting for the tow truck.
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In third gear at about 3500 revs white smoke billowed out of both exhaust pipes. It lasted about five seconds and completely filled the road behind me.
Hell, I would not hazard a guess.
How awfully upsetting and embarrassing.
Really very worrying as it can happen to anyone of us at anytime.
Will soon be fixed under warranty.
Hope you have not re-mapped it.
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Sorry to hear that... i will wave if I drive past you though :laugh: :laugh:
Only joking of course :wink: hope you get it sorted soon mate.. hopefully it wont be as serious as a blown engine.
p.s. If I do drive past you... i will be the one with the LED rear lights :cool:
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Sorry to hear that... i will wave if I drive past you though :laugh: :laugh:
He needs sympathy not slapping! :rolleyes:
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white smoke is normally bye bye turbo
Did you check the oil level after you stopped?
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white smoke is normally bye bye turbo
Did you check the oil level after you stopped?
Thought so, but did not have the heart to tell him. :sad: :cry:
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yeah i was thinking turbo. Sh#te! :cry: :cry:
i checked the oil level after stopping it was near full.
I thought it may be oil overfill, but didnt look too full. I would imagine the turbo will be replaced and back to happy motoring, right???.... :huh:
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yeah i was thinking turbo. Sh#te! :cry: :cry:
i checked the oil level after stopping it was near full.
I thought it may be oil overfill, but didnt look too full. I would imagine the turbo will be replaced and back to happy motoring, right???.... :huh:
Should be as good as new.
So sorry this had to happen. Such rubbish luck. Can happen to anyone. :sad:
All the best. :smiley:
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yeah i was thinking turbo. Sh#te! :cry: :cry:
i checked the oil level after stopping it was near full.
I thought it may be oil overfill, but didnt look too full. I would imagine the turbo will be replaced and back to happy motoring, right???.... :huh:
check it again when its cooled down - turbo going normally means the oil disappears from the engine
That's what your warranty is for :afro:
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cheers guys, Thanks for your kind words :smiley:
will let you know the result
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The turbos arent a common problem are they? What would make it suddenly go after 4 weeks?
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Just an update, I’ve collected my car from the dealers. After ‘extensive’ investigation they informed me that they could find no faults or any recorded faults. They’ve road tested it, found nothing and I’ve just given it a blast and as far as I can tell everything’s A-okay.
So the mysterious cloud of smoke appears to be a figment of my imagination. Odd! as it seemed pretty real at the time. :huh:
Anyway, I thought it could be due to over filling the engine oil, however the garage informs me this is not the case. Dipstick shows full but not over full. :undecided:
very very strange...............
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So what the hell was the cloud of smoke then? :huh:
Guess in some ways its good news.......
Lets hope it was a one-off :smiley:
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Just an update, I’ve collected my car from the dealers. After ‘extensive’ investigation they informed me that they could find no faults or any recorded faults. They’ve road tested it, found nothing and I’ve just given it a blast and as far as I can tell everything’s A-okay.
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it's good news sir - hope it carries on working for you.
it is worrying though how brand new cars just go funny like that. i suppose with any mechanical device there is going to be something go wrong with it, i expect though it wouldn't be so soon
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yeah i was thinking turbo. Sh#te! :cry: :cry:
i checked the oil level after stopping it was near full.
I thought it may be oil overfill, but didnt look too full. I would imagine the turbo will be replaced and back to happy motoring, right???.... :huh:
check it again when its cooled down - turbo going normally means the oil disappears from the engine
That's what your warranty is for :afro:
The turbo can force all the oil into the engine, Bending pistons and f**king all the valves, In which case will require a brand new engine. Top to bottom £7000 bill at the stealers
+ U dont imagen things f**king up with the car. If i were u m8 ide have it looked at by some1 else. Clouds of white smoke dont just come out the exhaust unless something has gone wrong.
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got a second opinion from a mate at another vw dealership. Cars been check out again, found no issues, faults or damage. However, the engine oil level was slightly too full. I'm told not enough to cause any damage, but it could explain the smoke from the exhausts. Simply burning off the oil. So being a lovely chap he very kindly drained a wee bit off. :smiley:
I know too much oil can cause BIG problems, but he reckons it was only slightly too much and no damage has been caused. :grin:
So after all that, it turns out that I was the culprit, slightly overfilling the oil.
Oooops, bit of a school boy error :embarassed:
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got a second opinion from a mate at another vw dealership. Cars been check out again, found no issues, faults or damage. However, the engine oil level was slightly too full. I'm told not enough to cause any damage, but it could explain the smoke from the exhausts. Simply burning off the oil. So being a lovely chap he very kindly drained a wee bit off. :smiley:
I know too much oil can cause BIG problems, but he reckons it was only slightly too much and no damage has been caused. :grin:
So after all that, it turns out that I was the culprit, slightly overfilling the oil.
Oooops, bit of a school boy error :embarassed:
To be fair the dipstick is quite hard to read and who parks on a perfect flat to check the level