smoke on kick down
 

Have recently noticed that i get a small cloud of smoke from the exhausts when i either drive away from a standing start pretty sharpish or speed up very quickly on the motorway, not sure what colour it is but is dark in colour.

doesnt happen at all under normal load , also doesnt happen if i rev the engine standing still


whats the likely issues?

Is it TDI? Does it have DPFs?

its a TDI 3.0 whats a DPF?

oh the particulate filter, i have no idea, how would i know if it does or not?

It would have a sticker under the bonnet.
If you open the bonnet, there should be several stickers near the wipers on the painted underside of the bonnet. One is about the Webasto if you have that fitted, one is about emissions, if you have DPF, it will say something like Euro5+DPF and the other is for the refrigerant for the climate control - R134a.

If you don't have DPF, it's nothing to worry about as the cars get older.

i can see a webasto one - What is that? but cant see and dpf

It'll say 'EU4+DPF' or similar on the audi sticker on the front cross member.

Some soot from a diesel on giving it welly is pretty normal.

just had a look and i am getting an error on the aux heating this is the vcds output.

Address 18: Aux. Heat Labels: None
Part No SW: 4E0 910 105 A HW: 4E0 815 069 E
Component: Heizgeraet H07 0100
Revision: 0000000B Serial number: 00000009006406
Coding: 0000001
Shop #: WSC 00000 000 00000
VCID: 1A3E552ED537B0CE753-804F

3 Faults Found:
00664 - Fuel gauge
002 - Lower Limit Exceeded - Intermittent
01407 - Flame Extinguished
000 - -
01406 - No Flame
000 - -


cant find the first one but these are what ross tech says about them

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01407 - Flame Extinguished
Possible Symptoms

Auxiliary/Parking Heater not working
Auxiliary/Parking Heater smokes

Possible Causes

Air/Bubbles in Fuel System/Supply (possibly due to low Fuel Level)
Fuel System/Supply faulty/leaking

Possible Solutions

Check/Repair Fuel System/Supply
Test/Run Auxiliary/Parking Heater
Perform Output Test/Basic Setting

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01406 - No Flame
Possible Symptoms

Smoke

Possible Causes

Air in Fuel Supply
Possibly due to "dynamic driving style" while tank on reserve.
Fuel Supply leaking

Possible Solutions

Check Fuel Supply for Leaks
Perform Function Test until all Air is out of the Fuel Supply System
Perform Basic Setting (see Special Notes for further Instructions)

Special Notes

This fault may occur due to the auxiliary heating start up, while all related components and functions are free of faults.

There's a process to reset the unit, just not got round to trying it on mine yet.

is that a vcds process, i saw a reference to a vw process

To reset the aux heater you need to save 1 to adaption channel 7 on the heater module

thanks il give it a try tomorrow