03 tdi smokey cold start only when pointed downhill

rlynch1

Active member
Joined
Oct 28, 2012
Location
nantucket
TDI
1996 passat tdi wagon, 2003 jetta wagon tdi, 1985 benz 300td, 1969 saab 95, 1971 citroen 2cv
2003 Jetta tdi puts out a lot of blue smoke on a cold startup only when it had been parked overnight pointing down my inclined driveway. If parked overnight level or pointed up the slope there is no huge cloud of blue smoke at cold startup
What are the possible causes of this?
 

jokila

Vendor
Joined
Dec 3, 2004
Location
Houston, Texas
TDI
2003 Jetta GLS, Manual
You could put the photo on a hosting site and put that link in the thread. Another option is to use the tdiclub.com photos hosting.
 

BobnOH

not-a-mechanic
Joined
May 29, 2004
Location
central Ohio
TDI
New Beetle 2003 manual
If you can, please delete the giant photo from the earlier post.
There are instructions in my signature for posting photos.
Short version:
Log in again at pics.tdiclub.com
Select Upload button, follow prompts (check your file type)

At the end, harvest the url to use as a link for your post
Note there are 3 sizes with separate urls
 

rlynch1

Active member
Joined
Oct 28, 2012
Location
nantucket
TDI
1996 passat tdi wagon, 2003 jetta wagon tdi, 1985 benz 300td, 1969 saab 95, 1971 citroen 2cv
thanks for the help with the photo! I finally did it correctly.
 

k_pt

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Joined
Oct 13, 2017
Location
pt
TDI
VW MKIV TDI
Thats the highest point of boost circuit, you should be looking at the lowest point, IC.

Oil can come from turbo or crank case, you need to clean everything to find out wheres the oil coming from.
 
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