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Offline rabskyline

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what causes the 1.8 gti engine to smoke after warmed up ??
« on: 12 September 2007, 20:18 »
as above, smokes whence warmed up ! 1992 j plate 99k miles..
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Re: what causes the 1.8 gti engine to smoke after warmed up ??
« Reply #1 on: 13 September 2007, 13:36 »
what colour smoke? blue or white? blue means its burning oil, could be the rings? or white could mean your heads leaking!  :undecided:
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Re: what causes the 1.8 gti engine to smoke after warmed up ??
« Reply #2 on: 13 September 2007, 20:28 »
aye its oil but not a great deal..just smelly ! :sick:
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Re: what causes the 1.8 gti engine to smoke after warmed up ??
« Reply #3 on: 13 September 2007, 21:57 »
mine did that after i overfilled the oil...?!

stopped smoking when oil worked its way down :)

prob no help...
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Re: what causes the 1.8 gti engine to smoke after warmed up ??
« Reply #4 on: 15 September 2007, 07:35 »
ahhh...... was going to get you to service my car han....... not too sure about that now!  :rolleyes: :tongue: :wink:
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Re: what causes the 1.8 gti engine to smoke after warmed up ??
« Reply #5 on: 09 October 2007, 17:49 »
mine smoked when it got hot, I've since fitted a flowed head and it doesnt do it anymore so i assume it was stem seals!
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Re: what causes the 1.8 gti engine to smoke after warmed up ??
« Reply #6 on: 27 October 2007, 09:30 »
could be either or both, valve stem seals or your piston rings, as the engine wams the bores loosen around the pistons, worn rings will let oil pass up to the combustion area, really makes the performance of your engine lack big style. quickest thing i did when this happened to my old 1600 gti engine was to buy my mates 1800 70k mile engine and g/box out of his old scirocco scala gt and transplant, i found this quicker than taking an engine apart and performing an internal service and less cost! this is only if you have a workshop amount of tools and a jcb to lift the engine out he he :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Re: what causes the 1.8 gti engine to smoke after warmed up ??
« Reply #7 on: 27 October 2007, 21:06 »
Quote from: Toofunkyhouse on 15 September 2007, 07:35
ahhh...... was going to get you to service my car han....... not too sure about that now!  :rolleyes: :tongue: :wink:

haha my car has been spot on since july.. :)
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