Hey everyone. My polo has a nasty problem of blowing large white smoke clouds when I drive it hard, or some mornings when I kick it over. My mechanic that I've used for years has found oil is leaking in the turbo, going into the tubes to its intercooler. Apparently removing this tube caused a good few hundred ml of engine oil to seep out. My mechanic thinks the turbo seals have failed causing the leaking, and it'll need replacing, as well as replacing or cleaning out the tubing and intercooler.
Hence several thousand in parts and labour.
As much as I trust my mechanic, he's not a European specialist. I'd like to get a second opinion of the issue, and rule out other possible causes. I've spent a fair amount of time talking with Gavin about the car, and the smoke, and he's made some good points of checking various cables, the hockey puck etc. to rule out other potential things.
So, story over, any Melbourne owners recommend their mechanic or shop to take a look over my car?
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2008 Polo GTI, lower honeycomb grills, PD160.
If you're still looking for someone, try Phil Buggee of BOI Performance - BOI Performance Bits of Italy
He's built up some impressive one off turbo conversions over the years (mainly Italian cars but he familiar with most Euro)
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