Cliff's Grey Hare

[Will_]

Hm. I think it could be multiple issues. I believe @Diggs24 mentioned at one point he had this issue on the dyno. The last time I got smoke was going into T6 on Thunderhill East, didn’t touch the brakes at all.

 

[jmblur]

Only time I've noticed smoke is on a decreasing radius 50mphish turn in autocross with some intentional lift off oversteer.

 

[Navi]

Which oil pan are you running? I don't remember if you are still stock or changed it.

 

[Cliff]

Which oil pan are you running? I don't remember if you are still stock or changed it.

Stock (edit: and the first post in the thread details my current mods)

 

[Cliff]

The Forge catch can was delivered today. The quality looks to be excellent. I like that the dipstick is silver and that the can comes with a drain valve. Between the black oil dipstick VW provided and the black dipstick in the VWR catch can, it's more difficult than it needs to be to figure out oil levels.. The new PCV valve should arrive mid-week.

 

[Cliff]

I was up at Thunderhill yesterday doing the 5 mile track with NCRC in their point by group (passing with a point anywhere, passing without a point on the 3 main straights). This was my first time running this configuration since 2014. I am still having an issue with oil diversion into the catch can and that cut my day short. I stopped the video when the car went into limp mode as the only thing less fun than watching a car navigate a 5 mile track in limp mode is being the driver of that car.

At this point the behavior of the PCV system is probably a symptom and not a cause of my problems. I had a leaking valve cover resealed in July, and that leak might have been a symptom of excess crankcase pressure. I've got a month before my next track day to figure out what is going on and getting it fixed. I talked to the shop yesterday to get them thinking about the problem and I'll be following up with them on Monday. The car is fine for daily driving.

 

[Will_]

Looks like it throws a bit of smoke heading into T4 at 4:44ish too.

One time, I blew a boost hose off my intercooler going down the front straight and had to do the whole 5 mile lap in limp mode. Sympathize there, no fun.

 

[Cliff]

Looks like it throws a bit of smoke heading into T4 at 4:44ish too.

One time, I blew a boost hose off my intercooler going down the front straight and had to do the whole 5 mile lap in limp mode. Sympathize there, no fun.

The car throws a shitload of smoke at T4 45 seconds into the video.

 

[Will_]

The car throws a shitload of smoke at T4 45 seconds into the video.

Jeez I missed that, even on a warmup lap. Ouch.

 

[Gvazquez]

Is the smoke using the BL plate? Or vwr catchcan?

 

[GTIfan99]

I'm thinking the smoke is being caused by an issue with the recent maintenance, not the VWR or BL plates.

 

[Gvazquez]

What about the recent maintenance? Do you mean the valve cover reseal?

 

[GTIfan99]

What about the recent maintenance? Do you mean the valve cover reseal?

Yeah, I think he said the smoking got worse after the reseal. I could be wrong though.

 

[Cliff]

I didn't get smoke from the VWR plate while i clearly am with the BL plate, so... That said, something more serious is going on with the car. I made an appointment with Griffin for a week from Thursday for a leakdown test and other diagnostics.

 

[Gvazquez]

I didn't get smoke from the VWR plate while i clearly am with the BL plate, so... That said, something more serious is going on with the car. I made an appointment with Griffin for a week from Thursday for a leakdown test and other diagnostics.

Idk if im missing something here but why don't you just switch back to the vwr plate to mitigate the smoking?