MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Dave J on April 08, 2014, 10:53:58 pm
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Please - no comments from diesel owners, but how smokey is your mk5?
I know the ED30 runs a bit rich, as the carbon on the exhaust and tailgate really shows on mine, and it isn't mapped.
Is this the same on the GTI?
Only asking as I am sometimes surprised by the smoke mine puts out on WOT. Hope it isn't a sign of anything sinister, but it is mostly sooty smoke. It is run on Optimax, so the petrol should be good.
Does the smoking get noticeably worse if remapped?
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What mileage on your car and what's your oil consumption like?
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Occasionally I get a teensy bit of black smoke when I accelerate hard from low revs but usually it's fine
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Mine smokes (blackish) a bit on full chat. Most GTIs do run a bit rich so i think this is to be expected.
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I never seemed to get any smoke issues with my Mk5 GTi and I also havent noticed my other halfs Edition30 either. My GTi was mapped and didnt get any smoke then either.
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Mine used to puff from time to time,more so when it was remapped..I then changed the oil from 5w30 to 10w40 and it's much better now
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On WOT mines the same, its normal. :happy2:
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should call them the new soot chuckers :grin:
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My GTI puffs occasionally as well on WOT, its normal
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mines the same mate, mapped also. as mentioned above by Leigh200sx once you change the oil it might calm down.
im booked in for a engine flush and new millers 10W40 or 10W50 on the 26th so ill comment on whether it has calmed the smokey-ness down