[Vwdiesel] Soot problem

[Terry Briggs]

Well it's not really a problem, more annoying than anything, My '86 na 
golf seems to have a lot of soot getting blown on the back hatch area.  
I have a tight exhaust,I have good compression, starts every time no 
matter how cold it is {even during -20 this past winter Without 
plugging it in} I have good power, though my fuel economy is somewhat 
low I think , as I only get about 41 mpg. I had a well know VW shop in 
my area change the t belt and adj the ip and valves back in september. 
It did do it before they did the t belt. Could something very basic be 
out of adj that would cause an excessive soot condition. I have to wash 
it off every couple weeks. I don't recall ever having that problem with 
my old rabbit diesel.