200q20v Blue Smoke Startup

[Lawrence C Leung]

Need to do a leakdown test. Me thinks it's valve seals. How is the oil
consumption?

LL - NY

On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:53:28 -0500 "Alexander van Gerbig"
<Audi_80 at email.msn.com> writes:
>    I had to use the 200q20v again today and when I started it up 
>there was
>a noticeable cloud of blue smoke behind the car.  I didn't notice 
>this
>yesterday, but I've noted it before when someone else was driving.  
>The blue
>smoke disappears after a minute of warming up and all is fine.  Plenty 
>of
>oil pressure according to the gauge.  Plenty of oil in the engine.  
>When
>driving the car the engine feels fit and full of vigor, though that 
>whole
>turbo lag junk really stinks.  Boost display read 1.7 when I push the 
>car
>hard, once it read 1.8.  Now is this blue smoke most likely seals, 
>rings, or
>turbo issues?  The car has 195k miles, almost all of that is very 
>tame
>highway driving, mum's foot isn't too heavy.
>
>TIA,
>
>Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80
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