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Posted on Jul 17, 2008

Blue smoke coming from exhaust - 1999 Volkswagen Passat

  • Paul Marks Jul 30, 2012

    howdie sure sounds like blown head gasket but you can get a die and see if you are leakin internally it shows you were the leaks are you can by it at your local part store and test it your self to find outhow many kms does it have or should l say how many miles?

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Blue smoke out of 1.8 turbo its allways bad oil seal inside turbo.need new turbo or rebuild OEM. with 24 years experience working with vw never seen single headhasket go bad on 1.8 turbo engines.blue smoke its 100% turbo every time

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    jeffery mason Oct 18, 2013

    i I WAS TOLD THAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH MY 2004 BUT WILL IT BE CONSTANT OR WILL IT STOP AND SOMETIME THE SMOKE WILL BE WHITE WHAT DO YOU THINK JEBAIM68 ???????

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    when is cold wont smoke much(sometimes does depend how bad is seal and what type of oil you using)

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    will be blue and white smoke,u need replace turbo and oil lane....you have to replace turbo oil supply line,otherwise ur new turbo will go bad within few weeks...do not use any other oil exepct 0W20 or 5W20 full syntetic

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    jeffery mason Oct 19, 2013

    it is blue and white smoke and i use 5w30 full synthetic oil see i dont want to buy a turbo and it does not fix the problem so what do you think but it is blue and white smoke

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    jeffery mason Oct 19, 2013

    and i see you said i work on volkwagons for 24yrs so i believe you know what your are talking about so if thats the problem i need it fix then

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Blue smoke coming from the exhaust is most likey the head gasket. depending how bad it is smoking, the more blue smoke=the worst. turn your car on, and let it run til the blue smoke starts coming out the exhaust. then get a smell of the smoke. it could either smell like oil or antifreeze. either antifreeze or oil could be mixing with your gas due to a cracked or worn head gasket and causing the blue smoke.

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That is bad turbo its leaking oil in too the mufler

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    okay my 2002 vw jetta 1.8t is doing this either at idle or up to about 37mph wants car goes over that speed its fine...when i turn car off you can still see the smoke coming out of tailpipe, do you think this could be a bad turbo

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I could be wrong but it sounds like a head gasket check oil to see if there is antifreeze of water in it.

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  • Posted on Jun 15, 2009

SOURCE: blue smoke

it is a piston ring problem. your car consume more engine oil than normal right? .

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SOURCE: blue smoke comming out of exaust upon exceleration

well blue smoke is a sighn that you are burning oil either valve seal or rings are wore out or cound also be a leaky head gasket

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  • Posted on May 17, 2009

SOURCE: blue smoke comes out of one of the exhaust

This cars are notorious oil burners due to poor valve guides in the heads. Easiest solution is to us 100% synthetic oil. Car will still burn oil, but you will not get the blue smoke as synthetic oil burns to an ash and not to a smoke. I have done this with my Lebaron, and it has stopped smoking for 2 years now.

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  • Posted on Jun 08, 2009

SOURCE: really bad blue smoke coming from exhaust smells really bad

it's burning oil the problem is either a burnt valve or piston rings

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  • Posted on Sep 03, 2011

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the engine is burning oil, the oil coming out of the exhaust pipe is a serious problem, it could be that the engine needs completely reconditioning or fit a reconditioned engine, you may be able to get an engine from a wrecking yard but it could be almost as bad as the one that you have......hope this helps.......cheers.

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