MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Mk5 gti blue smoke
Post by: bigdave1978 on May 11, 2013, 10:01:35 am

Just looking a little advice, my car was in my garage and had not been driven for about 6weeks and I took it out for a drive the other night and on boost there is a puff of blue smoke out the back. So my question is are the k03 turbos prone to blowing the turbo seals and if the turbo seals are gone what's the best route to go down (k04)  :wink:

Title: Re: Mk5 gti blue smoke
Post by: bigdave1978 on May 11, 2013, 09:32:27 pm

Nobody can help  :scared:

Title: Re: Mk5 gti blue smoke
Post by: gjseb16 on May 11, 2013, 10:08:10 pm

chill Winston some one will be along shortly   :drinking:

Title: Re: Mk5 gti blue smoke
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on May 11, 2013, 10:35:02 pm

Blue smoke is oil, so could be a faulty PCV (best case), turbo seals or piston rings.

A blow through test of the PCV is worth doing, followed by a compression test to test the bore.

What is your mileage? Is your car using a lot of oil?

Graeme

Title: Re: Mk5 gti blue smoke
Post by: bigdave1978 on May 12, 2013, 10:47:01 am

58000 miles on and it has only started to smoke, dipped the oil and it is low but only half a litre so. How do I test the Pcv ?

Title: Re: Mk5 gti blue smoke
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on May 12, 2013, 01:11:23 pm

You can take the PCV off and try to blow through it both ways. If it's ok, should only be able to blow through it one way.

Title: Re: Mk5 gti blue smoke
Post by: bigdave1978 on May 12, 2013, 04:14:32 pm

Quote from: GrayMK5GTI on May 12, 2013, 01:11:23 pm

You can take the PCV off and try to blow through it both ways. If it's ok, should only be able to blow through it one way.

Thanks for the help I will try this during the week