jekl843
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So I recently bought a 2002 Jetta TDI 5spd w/ 230K miles with a few bumps but in generally good working condition. It was maintained by the dealer and owned by an old European couple who were its only owners. I've been slowly changing the fluids and filters in my spare time and it drives very well with no engine fault codes according to VCDS.
After changing the vacuum lines today (the old ones were horribly frayed), I took it for a drive and when I came back I popped the hood with the engine running and noticed a bit of smoke coming from the #4 injector area closest to driver. I tried to pin point if it was coming from the injector or glowplug (or other), but couldn't really tell. As a note, the valve cover is leaking and I plan on replacing it when I do the timing belt.
On another perhaps related side note, there is usually a puff of white smoke out of the engine bay on startup. It's not continuous, just a quick puff. I thought it was coming from the exhaust flex pipe which is broken (which will also be fixed at some point soon).
I took a video, sorry for the lack of focus at times and the dirty engine (which will be cleaned soon too!)
https://youtu.be/qDMH94W_4tU
I searched through the forums and saw a thread about oil leaking down from the valve cover potentially causing that (which I hear is not a good thing to happen). Should I keep driving it until I change out the valve cover? Is there something I should check? I'm pretty handy mechanically but no expert by any means. Thanks
After changing the vacuum lines today (the old ones were horribly frayed), I took it for a drive and when I came back I popped the hood with the engine running and noticed a bit of smoke coming from the #4 injector area closest to driver. I tried to pin point if it was coming from the injector or glowplug (or other), but couldn't really tell. As a note, the valve cover is leaking and I plan on replacing it when I do the timing belt.
On another perhaps related side note, there is usually a puff of white smoke out of the engine bay on startup. It's not continuous, just a quick puff. I thought it was coming from the exhaust flex pipe which is broken (which will also be fixed at some point soon).
I took a video, sorry for the lack of focus at times and the dirty engine (which will be cleaned soon too!)
https://youtu.be/qDMH94W_4tU
I searched through the forums and saw a thread about oil leaking down from the valve cover potentially causing that (which I hear is not a good thing to happen). Should I keep driving it until I change out the valve cover? Is there something I should check? I'm pretty handy mechanically but no expert by any means. Thanks
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