Re: should I be concerned?

[16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>]

Daun,
	It probably just puked up a teaspoon of oil into the air filter.
	As long as it's running okay now, I wouldn't worry about it at all...
		Jay



At 01:53 PM 6/25/99 , Daun Yeagley wrote:
>Quickie question:
>
>I've got a 16v for sale, and I figured I'd better take the
>thing around the block to make sure it still runs alright. 
>My concern was when I was nearing home and the car was
>fully warmed, I wound it out pretty good from a stop.  At
>the end of 2nd at around 6800 rpm the car bogged and I got
>a HUGE cloud of oil smoke.  I immediately let off things
>and shifted throught the rest of the gears into 5th.  The
>smoke cleared away and I haven't seen a trace of it since. 
>(That includes winding up to around 6500 again a couple
>times)  To be fair, the car hadn't really been driven
>(started a few times, but not driven) in the past month and
>a half.  Was this likely due to it sitting for awhile?
>
>Thanks a bunch!
>
>
>===
>Daun Yeagley
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>'88 Scirocco 16v
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