BPV Symptom?

[Brandon Rogers]

There should be a small amount of lateral play in the turbo--just not end to
end, from what I understand.  Smoking can also come from bad valve seals-or
is it guides...?

Brandon

----- Original Message -----
From: <auditude at cox.net>
To: <200q20v at audifans.com>
Cc: <brett at cloud9.net>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: re: BPV Symptom?


> Hmmm.  I didn't mention in my last post that my 200q20v was A QUART(!)
high or so on the oil level when I got it.  I took care of that with an oil
change tho'.
>
> Since I already have the turbo almost off, and I could feel some play,
I'll continue to swap it.
>
> I'm curious now tho' that the smokiness isn't just the breather system
coughing up all that oil from the overfilling.
>
> I don't know if I'm happy that it is something so simple, or upset because
I took it apart this far.
>
> Ken
>
> Brett Dikeman  brett at cloud9.net
>
> <<Crankcase breather.  On rare occasion, the turbo seals...but it's
> pretty hard to tell since the crank breather exhausts right smack
> into the turbo outlet.
>
> There are a couple of solutions:
> -vent the breather to atmosphere(big no-no emissions-wise, there's a
> reason the crank is vented back into the intake- to reburn all the
> nasties)
> -install Total Seal rings to drastically reduce blow-by
> -install oil separator(there is in fact one VW used on diesels or
> something- I'll have to look back in my email to get the details from
> a fellow lister, might be NLA)
>
> Things that will aggravate the problem:
>
> -overfilling the engine with oil- don't fill up to the max mark, it's
> "max" for a reason, not "fill to here"  :)
> -overdue air filter
> -excessive blow-by
> -chip>>
>
>
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