When the ducks line up. But the Dealer checked the fault codes and nothing there.

But the plugs are clean as a whistle. So logically, all it can be is secondary combustion in the cat, which reduces gas emissions at the tailpipe, and the soot is the consequence. There's no visible smoke.

Four years ago I cleaned and painted the insides of my Golf diesel tailpipes with hi temp paint. Some of you will remember when I had them red. Anyway, four years on the tailpipes are still clean. Makes me wonder about the bad diesel thing.


DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4