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After a number of times jumping into my wifes Toledo 1.9TDI I noticed the extreme lack of power & performance. I changed the MAF the other night & wow what a difference. Only problem now is the exhaust bellows a plume of black smoke on initial startup and at each change of gear. We have a number...

Hi all, Driving along the motorway last night and a stream of smoke starts seeping up from undeneath the hazard light button an the steering column along whith a burning plastic smell. Just as I prepared to pull over to witness the ensuing fireball it stopped! The recently sparadic horn...

hey guys just had my turbo back exhaust system fitted and its smoking abit now garage said could be as its a new exhaust or could be turbo going. any 1 else smoke abit when they had there's fitted? hope the turbo isent going

Driving into work this working I had to slow to about 20mph for a car that was turning left into a side road. I then changed down into 2nd gear and put my foot down - huge dense cloud of black smoke behind me. The smoke was bad enough that the guy behind swerved round it - think he was a bit...

hi just got ma self a fr 150.but when a put ma foot down a cloud of black smoke comes out the back.is this norm?or some bad.advice plzz

so there i am driving down the road with the windows up and the heater blowing nicely and............................................................smoke starts to appear from behind the steering wheel! obviously the first reaction was i'm seeing things!!, then when it kept coming i pulled over...

had the 160 cupra tdi remapped yesterday... fantastic except one thing SHE SMOKES more that a 2 dollar hooker 0 - 3400 rpm no smoke.. then its starts to kick in at 3500rpm not to bad but it gets worse as the revs get higher... 5th gear reving to 4500 rpm and the car behind is pretty hard to...

Hi Just bought a 05 Altea 2.0 TDI Sport DSG a couple of weeks ago for the wife and I must admit I love it. It has 20,000 on the clock and was previously the Seat Dealers demonstrator, although due to the mileage I expect it was also taken home by the reps. My only concern is that it seems...

Just got back from a weeks holiday - took the Altea & much as I enjoy driving it, it could do with a bit more oomph. I'm considering getting it chipped, but the car is pretty smokey when you boot it & I'm worried that will get worse. My other car has been chipped & the improvement in...

Just under two weeks ago (Friday the week before last), my wife bought a brand new Ibiza FR TDI 130. Two days later, on the Sunday, with about 180 miles on the clock, she pulled into the side of the road to let a driver who seemed to be following her get past. Well the person was following...

I went out for a spirited drive 2day and when i came back i opened up the bonet and then opened up the oil cap and smoke or summit came out. Also noticed oil around the cap at the top of engine cover. Can anyone please explain this??? thanks

It was coming from here .... There rear heater ... I have pics but cant see how to upload them anymore grrrr.... Any thoughts - heater exhuast looks to have a square box 3-4 inches from end of pipe which was was were the smoke was billowing out from - rear heater not on at this point...

Hi my car is 2001 aum motor coded audi 1.8 T dbw ı have revo since 8 months for last 20 k km. my coil pack failed failed for about 4 months ago and i changed all of them also my dump valve failed and i changed it with a forge one and next i changed my maf due to the low reading ..... my...

What is the most likely cause of smoke for the first few seconds after starting from cold ? Noticed it on the Passat, I know it's done 90k so I don't expect it to be perfect - just wondered what the cause could be. Maybe less-than-effective glowplugs, or mucky/worn injectors ? It...

Hi All, I fitted my new front discs and Galfer 1055 pads today to my LCR. Once finished I drove over to my parents which was about 8 miles, when I pulled up I noticed quite a lot of smoke coming from the brakes on both sides. I’ve changed the pads before and not had this, but this is the...

When I started my car yesterday morning (I got stuck as designated driver! :( ) it was producing a lot of white smoke. I left it a running a while to warm up to see if it improved but it didn't until i started driving. Then it seemed to stop altogether. When I finally got to the families...

Sometimes when i start my FR TDi in the mornings i notice i get some smoke out of the back that wafts over the car. What this all about - is this to be expected? The car only has 13K on it. :p

Today i received my autogauge smoked boost and oil temp gauges along with my nomad pillar. Ive noticed they are 3 wired and the wires are quite short, will they reach where ever they're supposed to go? Because they're black out gauges, is there a way to wire them up so they light on...