Also, any harm in running straight 50 wt oil during hot weather on this loose, old, engine??
tia! Lou
89 Jetta GLI 22X,000 miles on it. Why would it smoke bad on some days and not on others??
some days it smokes, some days not?????
Jun 03, 2004
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all i know is thats a whole lotta miles for a 16v...bout time for a rebuild lol
My experince where I live is that VW engines are not very worn at
200,000 miles. A valve job and they will keep go>89 Jetta GLI 22X,000 miles on it. Why would it smoke bad on some days andJim B.
This could be an intermittent seal leak...valve seals, maybe headgasket? I'd suspect the head before the block on these engines.
Bruce
Stick w/ 20w50 oil. It's better to fix the underlying problem than to keep applying a fix to the symptoms. It'll just continue to get worse if you don't attend to it.
Get a wet/dry compression test. It'll show if you have leaky valves/rings.
btw- under what conditions does it smoke, and what _color_ is the smoke?
Blue or Black?
TBerk
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