How smokey is your mk5? (Petrol cars only, please!)

[Dave J]

Please - no comments from diesel owners, but how smokey is your mk5?

I know the ED30 runs a bit rich, as the carbon on the exhaust and tailgate really shows on mine, and it isn't mapped.

Is this the same on the GTI?

Only asking as I am sometimes surprised by the smoke mine puts out on WOT. Hope it isn't a sign of anything sinister, but it is mostly sooty smoke. It is run on Optimax, so the petrol should be good.

Does the smoking get noticeably worse if remapped?

[bacillus]

What mileage on your car and what's your oil consumption like?

[xjay1337]

Occasionally I get a teensy bit of black smoke when I accelerate hard from low revs but usually it's fine

[rich83]

Mine smokes (blackish) a bit on full chat. Most GTIs do run a bit rich so i think this is to be expected.

[TaraLewe]

I never seemed to get any smoke issues with my Mk5 GTi and I also havent noticed my other halfs Edition30 either. My GTi was mapped and didnt get any smoke then either.

[Leigh200sx]

Mine used to puff from time to time,more so when it was remapped..I then changed the oil from 5w30 to 10w40 and it's much better now

[MC71]

On WOT mines the same, its normal. 

[Andy]

should call them the new soot chuckers

[mac456]

My GTI puffs occasionally as well on WOT, its normal

[SurreyED30]

mines the same mate, mapped also. as mentioned above by Leigh200sx once you change the oil it might calm down.
im booked in for a engine flush and new millers 10W40 or 10W50 on the 26th so ill comment on whether it has calmed the smokey-ness down