smoky 1.8t

[Mihnea Cotet]

George,

IMHO and IME, worn pistons and valve seats will *never* cause a huge cloud
of blue smoke on startup. A bad turbo or bad valve stem oil seals probably
will but at that mileage it's very weird to have such failures. Anyway,
keep on pissing the dealer off until he decides to have the engine replaced
or fixed or whatever!

Good luck,


Mihnea


At 00:23 11/09/2002 -0400, George Nimmer wrote:
>I know someone with a '98 VW Passat which has the 150hp 1.8T engine.  I
>know this engine was also sold in the A4 and the TT in 150hp, 180hp, and
>225hp variants.
>
>The problem with this Passat, is that it has "only" 97k miles on it, but
>it produces a *voluminous* amount of blue smoke when it is cold
>started.  It stops producing a massive volume of smoke after running for
>~30 seconds or so.
>
>Being a turbocharged engine, this clearly sounds like worn piston rings
>or valve seats (or both).  This car was purchased new, and had the full
>100k extended warranty option purchased with it.  It is still within the
>100k extended warranty, however the dealer refuses to repair the
>problem, saying that it is very labor intensive, and that it must get a
>whole lot worse before they will fix it.
>
>My questions to the 1.8T (vw or audi) owners of the list are:
>- Is this amount of smoke normal for a 1.8T with "only" 97k miles on
>it?
>- Is the dealer right in refusing to repair it even though it is within
>the extended warranty?
>- Has anyone else had this experience, and what was the response from
>the dealer when you asked to have it repaired under warranty?
>
>All comments are appreciated!
>
>Thanks