Loss of power and grey smoke

1999 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
250,000 MILES • 1.6L • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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JOHNABBEY
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My car loses power and it has a grey smoke when accelerated. it also idles rough and sometimes stalls.
Feb 21, 2018 at 1:10 AM
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Hello,

It sounds like you have an engine that has jumped time. To confirm the issue lets do a compression test to see where we are at.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

Please let us know what you find. We are interested to see what it is.

Cheers, Ken
Feb 22, 2018 at 12:23 PM