RE: I'm gonna change my Audi for a Nissan Sabre.... :)

["Mark Pickering" <Mike_Rosoft@classic.msn.com>]

Gerard,
	had the same on my 200T, but what started as puffs of smoke turned into 
clouds of smoke during warm-up (cold oil = higher oil pressure?), in the end 
the local Bobby (policeman) pulled me up and told me to do something about 
it<g>. Went to local VAG garage and they quoted 1500 GBP + FITTING for a new 
turbo(ouch), so I looked up a turbo specialist who did the whole thing for 350 
GBP inc. fitting! Now I have no more smoke even when cold!

good luck
Mark

-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net  On Behalf Of Gerard
Sent:	Sunday, November 09, 1997 19:36
To:	quattro list
Subject:	I'm gonna change my Audi for a Nissan Sabre.... :)

Hi guys!

We had a "topspeed day" at the local track today. It has the longest

[long]  ~snip~ Secondly, my car has smoked for quite some time. If I'm moving 
and floor the pedal, pushing it beyond the kickdown on the slushbox and the 
machine kicks down a gear there is a huge bang of smoke out the
back. I was coming back from the track this afternoon (struggling, I might 
add, to keep ahead of a Toyota Corrola 1.8i standard, for some reason it is a 
hard push away from 170km/h (but I didn't push the pedal beyond the kick down 
at all)) and the guy riding behind me tells me the pipe smokes when I back of 
the throttle. It is a greyish plume. Could this be oil going through the turbo 
or its seals or could I just put this down to needing new plugs or perhaps 
this is just petrol smoke? Any ideas how to diagnose?
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