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I have just bought a 2000 S3 for the Mrs. Its a cat C with slight side impact. Its all booked in to be done asap so thats not a problem. The trouble is when i got the car home and got it off the trailer i found that it had a noisy tappet. So i checked the oil and there was nothing registering on the dip stick. So i put 3 ltrs in and still nothing? Gonna get some more tomorrow. Any way, I took it for a psin around the close and every time the turbo span up there was a large puff of grey smoke. Nothing on idle just when it spins up. Turbo sounds fine too? I can hear a slight air noise on tick over so think there might be a slight leak. Would this be enough to cause the smoke? Also there is a slight white gunk around the oil filler cap? Head gasket? This sound like one for doug

Dude, why you driving it with no oil in?

White cream normally means head gasket. White smoke on spin up normally means the blower is knackered.

Dave

The out come was that it had a short dip stick in it which was giving it a false reading. When it was drained of oil it had 10 ltrs in it. Massivly over filled.
Thats where the smoke came from!! I have a brand new turbo anyway so hopfully it will be ok?

Dave