Smoke Screen

[TomB]

So I have a question. How much does your Passat TDI smoke?

I noticed the other day, while following the other half driving the Passat, the when stepped into on the freeway it belched out a big cloud of smoke.

I do not notice this normally. The car had been driving on the highway on cruise for about 1/2 hour. It repeated several times.

This was on DINO diesel and normally use BD.

Is this a norm for DINO? What have you all noticed.

 

[Volkstraktor]

Mine usually puts out a noticable cloud when I accelerate onto the freeway, and sometimes even from a stop. Most easily seen at night in the lights of the car behind me. Using about B5 ULSD.

 

[bigEZ]

i'm chipped with rc2 and running dino ulsd, and if the wife has had the car for the weekend, when i get on the freeway the next time i drive and light it up, it's like spy hunter.

i normally try to rev the rpms all the way up at least once per drive to keep it cleaned out.

 

[PlaneCrazy]

If I've been cruising for a long time at 60-65 mph and then step on it, I can get it to release a truly impressive cloud of smoke. Great for tailgaters

 

[leicaman]

Mine can belch out a dandy cloud when I stomp on it. But I have noticed that the cloud is not anything like that when I used the older higher sulfur diesel fuel. I can make a cloud, but not often. I stepped into my throttle several times today while driving daughter No 1 to Oshkosh and frankly, I didn't see any clouds today as I have driven her like I stole it lately. Running sweet!

 

[Dick_Larimore]

Yes , I would agree that smoking on heavy throttle is the norm. I have 2 Passat TDIs, both 2005 model year, and they both will smoke on heavy throttle. I also own a 2005 Beetle TDI and it does the same thing.

One of the best ways to see smoke is thru the rear view mirror when it is just dark enough to need headlights. Every time you get on the throttle you can see the smoke in the headlights of the person behink you.

 

[TDIPATRIOT]

Just bought my first TDI ('04 Passat sedan) 2 weeks ago and my buddy following me last night noticed the same thing when I hopped on the throttle after a stop sign. All you veterans...this sounds like it's nothing to worry about...right?

~Paranoid-I-bought-a-lemon-TDIPatriot

 

[PlaneCrazy]

No not a lemon, perfectly normal, and IMHO a very desirable "feature" against tailgaters. Ours did that from the get-go an it now has over 80,000 trouble-free miles.

 

[sleze]

After the RC-2, I only get it when I really smash the accelerator in mid-range speeds (40 -> 65).