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Old 20-04-2014, 07:54 AM
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when I pulled away last night a bit briskly,i noticed a line of black soot on the ground have I got anything to worry about? (got a 1.8 diswell)
Old 20-04-2014, 08:13 AM
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If it's driven sensibly, soot builds up in the exhaust, turbo etc. by pulling away briskly your forcing the soot out. Nothing to worry about. If anything I would nail it more often to stop the deposits of soot building up.
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cheers jim have a cream egg on me lol




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