Diesel Stink

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Jon,

The visit to my ancestral castle was not all joy, when I established that my Uncle Henry had died a few years back. He had left me a set of wheels in his will, but alas the spokes have woodworm.

Yes, once again we can all witness your engineering expertise when it comes to diagnosing problems with my car. The fact that you are 100% wrong I suppose might sound petty, but credit where its due this shows that you could be a threat towards heading up the Audi UK technical team.

I first reported the diesel stink when I had 200 miles on the clock, however after 1,200 nothing has changed. Several times I have also noticed that if I pull up in say a carpark, switch off the engine and open the window, then I am suddenly hit by an acrid stink. The offices of VW UK are worse than Audi UK when apparently one minute they can let me speak to an individual with design knowledge of the engine, and several days later no such person exists. Anyway the car is due for another more detailed inspection by the dealer come Monday, but according to another diesel Golf owner a smell does exist – yet my dealer has never said it’s normal.

The saga continues.

Regards
Dirty Diesel Disdale
 
JD

You certainly know how to let a technical boffin down lightly! Your comments will not look good on my CV!

In view of the length of time this problem has persisted I have ruled out smouldering cigarette in the ashtray as the cause of the problems.

Accurate diagnosis over the internet requires accurate data input. The description "acrid" for example you use I would normally attribute to electrical problems, or friction burning (clutch or brakes).

However, if we are agreed it is definitely a diesel smell, and we are agreed that you have not overfilled the tank, then either there is a leak (tank or pipe) or there is a fault in the engine management system. I am 100% sure of this!

I wonder if I have set my sights of being the top Audi technical man too low. Maybe the top man for the whole of the VAG group would be more appropriate. Then you could be safe in the knowledge that not only A2 forum members but also Golf drivers the world over were getting the benefits of my expertise.

Hope the problem is sorted soon.

Jon
 
I'm impressed with your local scarp dealer - they always wnat me to pay THEM to take a car:)

MartinW - Dolphin Grey 1.4SE
 
My story still does not have an end, but the dealer has examined the car, and hooked it up to the computer and apparently everything looks fine. The next step is for the dealer to visit my house to sniff the knockout smell himself.

The fumes stink is certainly disappointing, but on a bright note I managed today to record 64mpg over a 30 mile motorway trip. Speeds were however only between 65 to 70mph (plus a few short bursts), and probably not having any passengers helped a bit. Strangely after about 20 miles I was reading 67mpg on the computer, but I just could not retain it for more than a couple of miles. As it was I left the computer running for the return trip, and with a few nice 110mph bursts plus some 80mph cruising it knocked the total journey average down to 56mpg – which I still thought was brilliant under the circumstances. For sure I had some fun on a gallon of dirty diesel.

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John Disdale
 
[}:)] Told you so months ago SOG! [}:)]

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