A6 1.8t white smoke.

[world-change]

I had a 2001 a6 1.8t for few days day the car runs fine, when i first got it i noticed a smell of oil coming into dash whist stationery at traffic lights ect, upon inspecting the engine bay i noticed theres a y shaped breather at the back of the cam case its split and had dropped oil round that area, anyway today i sort of sealed the breather with some electrical tape to prevent more oil coming out think that was what was causing the smell, as soon as i sealed it i started the car and noticed there was a lot of white smoke billowing from the exhaust.

I am suspecting breather blockage but i am not sure where and how to start..... please please tell me its not turbo? like i said the car runs fine no management lights ect the smoke just came once a sealed the breather.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Columbo]

There are a few items i would replace on the breathing system

See link : http://members.cox.net/ambox/audi_sludge/#CrankcaseVentilationAndOtherEnginePeripherals

i would replace the orange items plue No. 20 and remove No. 17 and clean the sludge out.

[Jimmy B]

white smoke...are you loosing any water? or is the car getting hot? maybe worth getting a water compression test done. If your getting white smoke all the time then it could be head gasket problems.