excessive or normal? (oil cap test)

leafs

Veteran Member
Joined
May 28, 2018
Location
canada
TDI
alh
Hi guys just wondering if you guys think the amount of oil cap play my motor exhibits is normal or excessive for the ALH. Stumbled upon a video of a dude talking about older mercedes diesels and he said the oil cap shouldn't be bouncing around. Car starts up good, some white smoke last little while during cold starts, but other than that everything seems pretty good... fuel economy doesn't seem to be the greatest but it's all city and I think my turbo vanes might be sticking. Dunno what do you guys think?

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ToxicDoc

Veteran Member
Joined
Mar 1, 2018
Location
Virginia, US
TDI
2001 Jetta, S7, .216
YouTube is full of videos showing plenty of TDIs with enough blow by to rattle the cap. That alone wouldn't concern me.
 
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