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Offline northeast_gti-t

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Re: Still have issues
« Reply #10 on: 18 January 2014, 21:35 »
but surely if the seals were gone it would always blue smoke?

The blue smoke has gone now, in the other thread I made, I mentioned the car had been stood a little while and then did a 200 mile round trip and it was fine then I went out a few days later and there was a bit of blue smoke on start up and then it went.....

I'm just experiencing a loss of power now and the car isn't boosting as much as it used to

white is steam , this doesn't sound well...
As you suggest pull off the hoses and have a look for any tell tale sign of oil etc
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Offline Dalo Harkin

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Re: Still have issues
« Reply #11 on: 20 January 2014, 12:51 »
No excessive oil, so as Scott has mentioned ill have a look around the turbo for cracks but failing that its the head gasket I take it  :cry:
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