[T3] Puff of smoke

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Fri Apr 22 20:39:32 PDT 2011


On 22 Apr 2011 at 11:33, Bryon Garvin wrote:

> Sometimes, and I mean like maybe 1 out of 25 starts, I'll get a puff of
> white smoke out of the tailpipe.  I never have continuous white smoke after
> that initial start.  Is this something to be concerned about ?

This is common, and I think it is just a bit of oil which got in the 
cylinder while the car was parked. Lots of my cars have done this, 
some worse than others, but it never led to anything serious.

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