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Intermittent smoke problem, '00 Jetta
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SerpentRays
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Aug 25, 2010, 12:13 PM
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Intermittent smoke problem, '00 Jetta
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2000 VW Jetta GLS, 2.0, 106k mi.
My car has some serious problems. After driving it for 30-45 minutes it will just start billowing smoke from the exhaust pipe. I lose a little bit of power when this happens, but the car keeps going. If I keep driving, it will stop after a few minutes, but usually I'll pull over and turn the engine off for a few minutes, then keep going and everything seems fine. I've noticed that this usually happens when I'm accelerating up hill, but I can't be 100% sure that it's not just completely random. Also, the transmission slips a little going into 3rd gear. I had to have the transmission replaced at around 96k mi. because I has having MAJOR transmission problems (slipping, and eventually not shifting at all.) But it started slipping again shortly after that, so I think the mechanic put a bandaid on it and told me he replaced it when he didn't. Or maybe he swapped it out with a used trans. from a junk yard. I donno. The thing that gets me is that if this were a cracked gasket or seal that was letting coolant or oil into the cylinders, wouldn't it smoke like that all the time instead of just randomly? Help!
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Tom Greenleaf
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Aug 25, 2010, 4:56 PM
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Quote">>wouldn't it smoke like that all the time instead of just randomly?<<"
Maybe not. What color smoke? Oil and antifreeze still full?
T
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SerpentRays
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Aug 25, 2010, 5:04 PM
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Yup, both are full. The smoke is white. Maybe a hint of blue/gray?
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Tom Greenleaf
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Aug 25, 2010, 5:13 PM
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It's an automatic right? I dunno but if it uses manifold vacuum to a diaphragm for shifting trans it could be sucking up trans fluid randomly which would account for both symtoms.
ATF burns VERY light color that could be confused with white.
Generally.........
White smoke = antifreeze
Blue = oil
Black = excessive fuel
I don't have good software to know so would have to look myself. If it uses direct vacuum to trans I would suspect that so far by color and randomness,
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