lyndail
13-05-2007, 12:35 PM
We have a year 2000, 120,000 km VW 2.5 tdi Transporter with a very serious smoke problem.
We get a lot of blue exhaust smoke when the engine is warming up. It lasts for 20 - 30 minutes.
The VW dealer said it could be the tunbo, but he's not sure this is the cause of the problem.
It only happens when the car is warming up, about half way between cold & normal on the temp guage and under light load. No other problems. The van seems fine when the it is hot or cold and performs perfectly at all times. It has been serviced regularly by the VW authorised agents.
The van doesn't seem to use any quantity of oil, even though the volume of smoke is extremely noticeable. We have been threatened with huge fines by the EPA if the problem is not fixed.
We would very much appreciate any ideas that anyone has before VW sends our bank account to the cleaners!!
We get a lot of blue exhaust smoke when the engine is warming up. It lasts for 20 - 30 minutes.
The VW dealer said it could be the tunbo, but he's not sure this is the cause of the problem.
It only happens when the car is warming up, about half way between cold & normal on the temp guage and under light load. No other problems. The van seems fine when the it is hot or cold and performs perfectly at all times. It has been serviced regularly by the VW authorised agents.
The van doesn't seem to use any quantity of oil, even though the volume of smoke is extremely noticeable. We have been threatened with huge fines by the EPA if the problem is not fixed.
We would very much appreciate any ideas that anyone has before VW sends our bank account to the cleaners!!