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woke up this morning to oil around the front door, nicely washed with the rain last night.

quick look underneath and it appears to be from the o/s/f area

In the house suit off..old trackey on and she is jacked up and under tray off, under holds about .5 litre of oil!

Oil cooler pipe split


No worries I thought I got Audi warranty......not covered!

So looks like I have to get my hands dirty again

Anyone know if it is a pig of a job?

i noticed my oil cooler pipe corroded a few months ago and went to grizz to sort out, i really wouldn`t attempt as may need new oil cooler if you perish thread on cooler, common prob i hear.

I'm no mechanic but audi technician told me similar to what Johnny said, I had to have my cooler and pipes replaced

Will find out Monday if I get a chance to play

Warranty won't cover the work if it is caused by corrosion.

I had the same problem last year with mine and the warranty wouldn't cover the pipes but did cover the cooler which, as previously said, fails when the tube unions are spannered. My warranty claim covered everything but the supply of the new tubes.

HTH

If all goes wrong I will truck it Audi and they can do the cooler under warranty once I lay the pipes correctly

Gave them the heads up already

PaulRS6 wrote:I had the same problem last year with mine and the warranty wouldn't cover the pipes but did cover the cooler which, as previously said, fails when the tube unions are spannered. My warranty claim covered everything but the supply of the new tubes.

HTH

was is component cover?

was is component cover?[/quote]

I had the named component cover.

Warranty Direct wouldn't pay for mine when it was leaking. You are pretty lucky it didn't pop when the engine was running. The radiator is soft aluminium so easily damaged. It might be an idea to replace both pipes to be safe.

el_ringo wrote:Warranty Direct wouldn't pay for mine when it was leaking. You are pretty lucky it didn't pop when the engine was running. The radiator is soft aluminium so easily damaged. It might be an idea to replace both pipes to be safe.

Good idea - I had all four replaced.

No a bad job to do but as Grizz recomended me to do; Cut the old pipe off at the union, with dremel or similar, and don't crack your cooler by trying to torque it off with a spanner.

Due to my work load increasing
the car has gone to Steve at Rac-london in Kingbury

will let you know the out come

With all the oil under the car it won't rust!!

car is all done!

New pipes, oil change and new Poly belt fitted, by Steves top RS6 tech Pete

Highly recommend these guys!

New oil cooler not needed once peter cut the nuts with a dremel


so just need to collect and pay!

So normally, would whoever was doing this replace the oil cooler? So that technique has saved you a few bob then. Good result.

MoRS6+ wrote:So normally, would whoever was doing this replace the oil cooler? So that technique has saved you a few bob then. Good result.

in some cases the cooler splits when undoing the pipes!

The cooler is covered under warranty but not the pipes, hence the job going to Steve

But when I spoke to Audi they said the warranty company came down to look at the car on the last oil cooler job, as they are aware of the issue with removing the pipes. I know the dealer would have not gone to as much trouble to save the cooler!

get her back on saturday