Visible Exhaust Smoke- Flunked Emissions

[Eyvind Spangen]

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:10:15 -0400, you wrote:

>My 91 200 TQ just flunked the VA emissions inspection for visible smoke.
>With 156,000 miles on the car, I'm facing a fix-or-dump decision.

I'm not sure, but it sounds like a turbo seal failure. When cold, the
oil is thicker and won't get past the seal, but as the engine warms
up, it gets thinner, and the exhaust starts smoking.

The turbo in my 200q lasted 165k miles, when it started smoking a lot.
It also smoked white/blue smoke when idling. A new turbo was
installed, smoke gone for good..

One strange thing is that your turbo pulls 1.7, mine could barely do
1.4 just before I replaced it..

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E. Spangen
'89 Audi 80 2.0E quattro
('90 Audi 200TQ20v - garasjedronning)