Golf R Observations and Questions

[Candyman]

Intake actually

[SilvrFoxX]

I like the sound of the rice lights, but I want to hear about the intake..

[SilvrFoxX]

My observation of late is if I drop the hammer especially in S mode the amount of smokey exhaust is enough to blind the car behind me. WTF is with the amount of smoke that spews from the exhaust under heavy acceleration

[Ryan_R]

Did VW forget to tell you the R is a diesel?

[SilvrFoxX]

The Fuel gauge disagrees

[Paulc1964au]

The R only has one reversing light even though both light assemblies have reversing lenses, today I noticed a sirocco reversing and both lights lit up for reverse? why the difference

[team_v]

The R only has one reversing light even though both light assemblies have reversing lenses, today I noticed a sirocco reversing and both lights lit up for reverse? why the difference

The second light is actually the rear fog-lamp isn't it?

[Ryan_R]

Yep. Some have changed the light and wiring themselves.

[Candyman]

My observation of late is if I drop the hammer especially in S mode the amount of smokey exhaust is enough to blind the car behind me. WTF is with the amount of smoke that spews from the exhaust under heavy acceleration

Get your tune checked - quick

Never had this ever and I've done 20,000 km

[SilvrFoxX]

hmmm will ask Mark

[entice]

mine does it too.. and it's standard.

Maybe PCV blowby?

[Mi16 Man]

mine does it too.. and it's standard.

Maybe PCV blowby?

Do the turbo's "coke up"?

Seems they store soot when cruising then dump a heap of soot under load.

If it's just the engine running rich under load, I'm happy. Rather that vs a lean AFR mix.

[AdamD]

If it's just the engine running rich under load, I'm happy. Rather that vs a lean AFR mix.

This! All the Japanese cars run super-rich under WOT, but it's less common in the Euros, and rarer still when tuned. Still, short of being a bit down on peak power, there's nothing wrong with running a bit rich. The excess fuel lowers the combustion temps inside the cylinders.

[Ideo]

This! All the Japanese cars run super-rich under WOT, but it's less common in the Euros, and rarer still when tuned. Still, short of being a bit down on peak power, there's nothing wrong with running a bit rich. The excess fuel lowers the combustion temps inside the cylinders.

My tune is running a slight bit richer than is optimal for peak performance.

But I don't mind that. I'm sometimes in area where I can't guarantee good fuel and would prefer to be a few kw down on power for that sake than anything else.

Most tuned R's and indeed stock ones do give a little belch of smoke.

[adzy]

A bit of the smoke under WOT is also from carbon build up which the Ea113's are famous for.