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Owned several passats and an A4 before as well as a seat and skoda, also have a company car avensis, piece of junk that is and thirsty too, my 2.2 tid has done 150,000 the 100 in that down to me, if I am honest I have neglected it really mainly because wife uses it most, but change oil religiously at 12000 few things i hate about it ....side lights no alarm?  wiper stalk cant be seen from driving seat, and everyone loves my Vectra,,,LOL...but its economical 45 average, like the seats, great motorway car, parts are dirt cheap if you know what you are looking for,changed tyre size from 215 to 205 saves a £100 every time it needs rubber, front discs and pads just done,, bosch £50 trade     cant beat it

First thing i did Jim, but it was only as a just in case,, apparently GM decided only to utilise  them under 4 degrees so no joy there

Yes, plugged in myself  p0105,,,,p0234, both i believe point to MAP as i am unable to locate any leaks in intercooler plumbing,  but the smoking  I believe is not related to this as it continued after previous cleaning of MAP over a year ago, and its the intermittent aspect that throws me, normally i would assume valve guides or turbo seals 

Scoured previous posts looking for a similar problem but no joy, 2004 150,000 miles never hiccuped in all my 100,000 except for a split intercooler hose and heater valve, last year  i noticed smoke on start up but very intermittently, now although still intermittent the car is consuming oil at the rate of 1l every 4000 m not drastic i know but for an engine that has not used that much in a lifetime worrying,  the map sensor looks like it has gone so ordered a new one last night,,, usual limp mode at high speed and over 3500 rpm   dont beleive these are connected issues but just in case, fuel averages 45mpg and 50 on a run