Blue smoke, no power :(

[kevvick]

Hi ive got a 2001 passat tdi 130, awx engine, its got 213k on the clock and has been a great car for the last couple of years, over the last couple of weeks it has been down on power and is really smokey,blue smoke, it seems to be worse if its left idling for a while then give it a good rev up and it lets out a big cloud of blue smoke, it doesnt clear and is smokey all the time, ive not noticed any drop in oil level either which makes me think it may be injectors but it still runs ok with no diesel knock and starts first time, i dont want to be wasting any m oney on buying a turbo or injectors if it doesnt need it and was wondering if anyone had experienced a similar problem.

[18t papa]

Blue smoke is a tell tale sign of a dying or deal turbo. The fact that you have no power leads me to believe that your turbo probably totally ate itself

[bryanvr6]

had a saab befor when the turbo died thats exactly what it did.

[kevvick]

No probs,cheers, ill have a look at it this weekend,

[NadaGTI]

Turbos dead

[Steve in Chicago]

A funny thing can sometimes happen if the turbo seals on a diesel engine fail and dump too much oil into the intake. Google "runaway turbo diesel". You don't wanna go there.

[18t papa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NRaq...e_gdata_player

Sketchy.