Smoking issues

[Mobby]

I have a laptop but i need to download vagcom, Isit free? isit easy to use?

Im trying to get it booked in to get smoked checked at r-tech, car is on 115k so do injectors fail at that point or roundabout?

[Rhyso]

I have a laptop but i need to download vagcom, Isit free? isit easy to use?

Im trying to get it booked in to get smoked checked at r-tech, car is on 115k so do injectors fail at that point or roundabout?

You also need the lead to connect your laptop to the car.  Genuine leads are £250 or thereabouts.  Whereabouts are you in the country? Might be worth finding a member local to you who has vagcom

[Mobby]

Cheers for the interest in helping me. i am based in the midlands (leicestershire).

Best way to go about finding a member?

[Rhyso]

Cheers for the interest in helping me. i am based in the midlands (leicestershire).

Best way to go about finding a member?

PM Topher on here or if you can wait I'm sure R-Tech will do all the logging / fault finding

Did you run on the rollers when you had the car mapped?  How does the performance of the car feel? Has it gotten noticeably slower? MPG changed?

If no to the above then everything sounds normal and you'll just have to get used to the fact it smokes 

[Mobby]

Thank you for all your help Rhyso, iv PM'd the bloke awaiting reply.

I will record a video for you tomorrow and get it smoked checked and try and get some boost logs

[Agreeable Slick]

For further info regarding it covering the back of your car, it's an aerodynamic feature of the car. A partial vacuum is created at the back of the car (more an area of high pressure) which helps at speed to keep the car planted.

So nowt you can do about that except get the wash mitt out a bit more frequently.

[Rhyso]

For further info regarding it covering the back of your car, it's an aerodynamic feature of the car. A partial vacuum is created at the back of the car (more an area of high pressure) which helps at speed to keep the car planted.

So nowt you can do about that except get the wash mitt out a bit more frequently.

Weirdly mine never left the back end as bad as others even though I was running an Anni style exhaust.  On Adam's (discreet) and Steve's (twin pipe) it was more noticeable.  They both had spoilers on there car so would have that increased the effect? 

[Agreeable Slick]

To a certain extent yes, as it will increase the effect of the vacuum "wake" thus the tail of the car will have a larger vacuum pulling dirt and soot back on to it.

You will notice that mk2's were horrifically bad when it came to the boot getting covered, and they all had boot spoilers on.

I'll try and dig out a CFD image of a rough model mk2 I did, showing it's vacuum if i can.

[Agreeable Slick]

As promised.

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=78976.0

[Steve_PD]

Weirdly mine never left the back end as bad as others even though I was running an Anni style exhaust.  On Adam's (discreet) and Steve's (twin pipe) it was more noticeable.  They both had spoilers on there car so would have that increased the effect? 

this anit true...