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RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:27 pm
by extremist
As title when i am looking at the front of the car , on the right side just behind the front bumper there is a slight oil leak - As there is a plastic cover under the engine i can not see much but could it be coming from one of the oil coolers ? Has anyone had something similar as i am starting to pannick ?
Many Thanks
Re: RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:59 pm
by grizz
I would say oil cooler pipe .. I've replaced a few now ..
Re: RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:47 pm
by extremist
Thanks for the reply
Off to Audi tomorrow although a technician has told me it is probally an oil cooler pipe. Apparantly it is a commopn problem and Audi did modify the cooler pipes a while back .
I will post the outcome
Re: RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:48 pm
by adsgreen
The modification was a cable tie to prevent rubbing
Re: RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:54 pm
by SKG_C63AMG
More than likley the oil cooler, ive just done mine, had the front bumper off today and nipped the pipes upto the oil cooler, gave both a nice nip up and problem solved for me today, hope u have as much luck
Re: RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:24 am
by sonny
adsgreen wrote:The modification was a cable tie to prevent rubbing
It was to stop the braided hoses from chaffing, but not the ends of the pipes from rusting. Its this that causes the oil pipes to leak.
Re: RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:58 pm
by extremist
As suspected it is an Oil cooler pipe leaking @ the bend - Audi have agreed to go 50/50 on the job but the scenario gets worse - The engineer has told me that there is a chance that when the oil pipe is replaced it could damage the Oil cooler at the fitting point so i will have to get a new Oil cooler too !! Seems a bit strange that this is down to me to sort !! Will keep the thread updated
Re: RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:20 pm
by extremist
Oil cooler has been damaged where the oil pipe connects to it and i have been quoted £600 by dealer to replace it - A call to Audi headoffice and its all sorted Audi have agreed to pay for the Oil Cooler and go 50/50 on the Oil pipe . I think this is very fair considering the car is out of warranty and nearly 5 years old . So i still have alot of faith in the Audi brand . Just waiting for my new Rs4 now as had a deposit down for over a year !!
Re: RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:06 pm
by PJC
Result, can't complain at that.
Re: RS4 B7 Oil Leak
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:57 pm
by AndrewRS4Avant
I had a similar problem, it was power steering oil as the level had dropped very low:
http://forum.rs246.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=88392
There was no split in the pipe, the fix was to sort out some clips (photos in the above post). It has been fine since the fix in January.