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Ok as described my hdi is burning abit of oil. Managed to measure it and appears to be half the dipstick (300/500ml) every month.
Is this a call for concern?
Cars stage 2 on its 2nd turbo. While running theres no smoke. Let it sit on idle for a while to give it a boot it smokes white a wee bit.
Inside the cooler pipes theres a light black film of oil
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A little oil in the inlet is normal, the white smoke and losing oil would indicate it's leaking on the exhaust side.
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(04-02-2016, 09:54 PM)Poodle Wrote: A little oil in the inlet is normal, the white smoke and losing oil would indicate it's leaking on the exhaust side.
Cheers. Gt2052s should be on in the next few weeks anyway. Just needed to confirm a hunch lol
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Got a couple of leaks to tend to aswell, a rocker and possibly sump gasket. If the sump is leaking its a minor weep but could be the oil from the rocker
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Make sure you're running the right grade of oil too. My Passat drank oil when using 10w40 but on 5w30 it doesn't seem to touch it... Just a thought.
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(05-02-2016, 12:14 PM)andywhy Wrote: Make sure you're running the right grade of oil too. My Passat drank oil when using 10w40 but on 5w30 it doesn't seem to touch it... Just a thought.
That may be a fair shout as i always run 10-40 instead of 5-40.
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