[s-cars] Smoking after startup

[Elijahallen92 at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/6/2004 12:25:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
lee at wheelman.com writes:


> I wrote about this once before and haven't figured out the problem. My
> mechanic went through the car and found nothing wrong. However...it's
> *still* smoking (intermittently).
> 
> Here are the symptoms.
> 
> The car must have been driven and parked, then driven again a couple of
> hours later. On this second drive, if I start up, drive a bit and then idle
> for 30-60 seconds or more, the car will smoke quite noticeably. It does not
> smell like coolant. Instead, it smells just a bit like burnt or scalded oil.
> If I rev the engine or put the engine under load, it will clear in about 15
> seconds and not happen again. I'm running Mobil 1 10-30 oil and the car has
> about 145K miles on it, stock engine.
> 
> Help! What could this be? Head gasket? Turbo seals? Demonic possession?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Lee
> '95.5 S6 avant (Bilstein/Eibach/Euros/HID/BIRA S3)
> '96 A6 quattro avant (Euros)
> 

Lee, 
 I think I said this the last time you posted, it sounds like the turbo. Pull 
the downpipe and look for oil on the hot side wheel and in the downpipe. 

Elijah