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    Black smoke and turbo lag

    Hi mate, I had a brief look in the dark. There is a potentially loose coupling where the pipe from the top of the intercooler goes into the engine. It can move and twist a bit. Not sure if this is normal or if this is actually an incorrectly seated pipe causing a boost leak. The area around...
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    Black smoke and turbo lag

    Hi everyone, I'm new here so excuse me if this is posted in the wrong place. So I bought a 2006 A4 Avant S-Line 2.0TDI 140 in November last year. When I bought the car it had been sitting for a short while (2 months or so) Since then, it has been producing more and more black smoke, but the...