white smoke on start up?

devonutopia

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Dec 1, 2003
Location
Devon, U.K
TDI
PD300 Skoda Fabia
I get a little too - not enough to see it in my rear windscreen, but i sometimes see it drift into view in the nearside wing mirror when the wind is blowing right. :) white smoke rapidly turns black though once I get throttle happy. ;)
 

fotodaddy

Well-known member
Joined
Dec 7, 2005
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
TDI
Passat Euro 3 PD 130 & 2008 2.0 TDI Passat
Well I used to see quite some white smoke on start up also. Felt it was from the fuel or something till I lost my turbo!!

Now I know better!! White smoke is usually from Oil leaking through the exhaust turbine seals. I guess you should brace up depending on how bad the white smoke is. Turbo replacement in view!
 

weedeater

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Mar 17, 2001
Location
Reston, VA
TDI
Jetta, 2001, Baltic Green
It could be either unburnt fuel or perhaps oil in the exhaust from the turbo. Normally I would say fuel. And since you are in a cooler climate (35C here today), the puff of white could be because one of the GPs isn't quite hot enough, ie burnt out.
 
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