Did the cold affect your car ?

86JR · 23 Dec 2009 at 18:47

When it is cold the passat runs on 3 cylinders untill its warm, not sure what thats about, if you rev it to 1100rpm for the first minute it doesnt do it :S

[TW]Fox · 23 Dec 2009 at 18:57

twoblacklines said:
When it is cold the passat runs on 3 cylinders untill its warm, not sure what thats about, if you rev it to 1100rpm for the first minute it doesnt do it :S

Sounds very broken to me?

mjt · 23 Dec 2009 at 19:03

mine sounds like it probably runs on three cylinders when it's very cold and it's been left outside overnight.
sounds horrific and chucks out ridiculous amounts of blue smoke. sounds like it's misfiring too.
i don't rev it for a minute though, i just drive off and it goes away

lordrobs · 23 Dec 2009 at 19:08

mjt said:
mine sounds like it probably runs on three cylinders when it's very cold and it's been left outside overnight.
sounds horrific and chucks out ridiculous amounts of blue smoke. sounds like it's misfiring too.
i don't rev it for a minute though, i just drive off and it goes away

Blue smoke is never a good thing.

mjt · 23 Dec 2009 at 19:14

lordrobs said:
Blue smoke is never a good thing.

meh, it's an old diesel without a particulate filter

it's only slightly blue, and it's only cold startup and when sitting idling after said startup

it's common on the pd150 apparently.
dealer says its nothing to worry about, and the engine is one of the few things that has been absolutely perfect on this car.

our old E39 525d used to chuck out a nice little could have blue smoke on cold starts too

[TW]Fox · 23 Dec 2009 at 19:17

mjt said:
our old E39 525d used to chuck out a nice little could have blue smoke on cold starts too

That doesnt seem right either - the 530d doesnt do it. Infact the only car I've had that did was my old Xantia with 4 knackered glowplugs.

mjt · 23 Dec 2009 at 19:18

[TW]Fox;15586180 said:
That doesnt seem right either - the 530d doesnt do it. Infact the only car I've had that did was my old Xantia with 4 knackered glowplugs.

the glowplugs could have been on their way out, or something else. doesn't really matter though as it was a company car.

my glowplugs could be on their way out, but it has started first time every time since i bought it so i'm not really bothered.

Dr Who · 23 Dec 2009 at 19:37

Blue smoke on cold start is often worn valve stem seals

mjt · 23 Dec 2009 at 19:41

Dr Who said:
Blue smoke on cold start is often worn valve stem seals

yeh, basically oil getting into the engine?
it doesn't use any oil though (0.6l in 10,000km)

FreeStream · 23 Dec 2009 at 19:42

Absolutely no issues here what so ever.

Starts first time, every time (within a second of the key turning) and the doors etc work fine.

1980s VW engineering ***.

1.5L petrol Mk1 Golf..