SoWalGTI
Autocross Champion
2012 GTI 60k miles, MT, K04 with 6k miles
Today I turned on the car and forgot some stuff in the house. When I came back out, I noticed a faint white smoke from tail pipes. I put the car in reverse and gave it some gas and noticed more white smoke. Immediately shut it down and began to check things.
So far, I've checked the following:
I thought for sure it was a failing PCV dumping oil into the turbo and then getting burned off, but that doesn't appear so. I guess I can check the intercooler piping, dv, etc to see if anything is dumping oil there.
One friend mentioned a leaking injector and some other major problems that could be determined by a compression test. Anyone else have any ideas or things I can look into?
Today I turned on the car and forgot some stuff in the house. When I came back out, I noticed a faint white smoke from tail pipes. I put the car in reverse and gave it some gas and noticed more white smoke. Immediately shut it down and began to check things.
So far, I've checked the following:
- Oil level (3/4Qt low)
- Oil color (clean with no signs of mixture)
- Coolant level and color (pink and at max line)
- Entire intake tract (no oil in tract at all)
- Catch can (no clogged lines or excess oil)
- Top side of turbo (no excessive oil and all oil coolant connections are squeaky clean)
- Coil packs for excessive oil/flooding (clean and dry)
- Scanned with VAGCOM, no faults
I thought for sure it was a failing PCV dumping oil into the turbo and then getting burned off, but that doesn't appear so. I guess I can check the intercooler piping, dv, etc to see if anything is dumping oil there.
One friend mentioned a leaking injector and some other major problems that could be determined by a compression test. Anyone else have any ideas or things I can look into?