Smoking and high oil consumption in cold weather solved

[Brett Dikeman]

At 8:10 PM -0500 2/8/04, be_larson at access-4-free.com wrote:
>A week or so ago, my 2001 a6 2.7tq/6 speed smoked
>excessively on the way home from work.  It was negative 20
>degrees F, and the car had warmed up for 5 minutes after
>starting due to the cold weather.  The car burned 1 quart in
>15 miles on the way home, and I at first thought, crap I
>have a bad turbo!  But the problem ended up being a froxen
>breather hose on the back of the motor, and FYI, the three
>Audi dealers I talked to in Minnesota sold two dozen of
>these parts in January, so it seems to be a common problem.
>The part was around $200, and I installed it myself, it took
>a few hours.  Part number depending on your car is
>078-103-235-r (or B, G, etc).  My car had a R part on it,
>and the replacement was insulated, so the problem might not
>happen again?  Just posting this for archive information.

FYI- a quart's worth of oil has probably did a number on the 
catalytic converters and O2 sensors.  You should have someone check 
it out immediately, and depending upon the mileage(under 60k) you may 
be covered under federal warranty for emissions components...maybe 
not.

I know this is monday-morning quarterbacking, but why did you 
continue to drive the car with it smoking?  Something like that is a 
"pull over, stop engine, tow car home" kind of deal...

In any case, good to know info- thanks for passing it on to the list!

Brett
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