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Blowing Smoke!!!


j1gallant
03-28-2005, 11:18 AM
My 95' Vw passat, had and idle problem and i had to glue the piece that the PCV conncects to (plastic round looking valve) its is idling normal now, but their is mucho smoke blowing from tail pipe,+ i saw oil all around the intake and throttle body? any ideas on the problem.
thnks john

veedubmechanic
03-28-2005, 07:42 PM
What color smoke?

j1gallant
03-30-2005, 10:53 AM
BLUE, and ALOT of it!!!

boschmann
03-30-2005, 09:43 PM
How many miles? Is the oil diluted or overfilled?

j1gallant
04-03-2005, 04:12 PM
140, and no oil is at corect level. Any common seals go at 140k and how $$ (any ideas)?
thnks john

boschmann
04-04-2005, 09:39 PM
Disconnect the engine breather (PCV) from the air intake & see if the smoking stops.

j1gallant
04-05-2005, 05:11 PM
fixed it, for now. Their was a large crack in a plastic vacume hose that hook up to the main air intake right before TB. and put some Smoke B gone. it seems to be going ok now.
thnk john

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