# 2011 Volkswagen Golf - dieseling after I turn it off?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-golf-dieseling-after-i-turn-it-off/176202>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** golf, volkswagen\
**Created:** [April 17, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-golf-dieseling-after-i-turn-it-off/176202 "2021-04-17T18:22:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![haileyt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@haileyt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/haileyt)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-golf-dieseling-after-i-turn-it-off/176202/1 "2021-04-17T18:22:23Z")

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I have a 2011 VW Golf TDI and it seems from my research that it is dieseling after i turn it off. it doesn’t always do this but sometimes it does, and there is also always a smell when it happens. today when it happened there was even smoke coming from my engine! is there something i can do to fix it? or do i need to take it to a mechanic? i just got my engine oil coolant and leak fixed so that shouldn’t be the problem. what should i do?

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-golf-dieseling-after-i-turn-it-off/176202/2 "2021-04-17T21:21:45Z")

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could be a dirty EGR. you should search the VW tdi forums