Oil Leak..

[RSNeil]

4 months new to RS4 ownership with relatively trouble free motoring and now an oil leak. Yesterday a yellow oil warning came on the DIS to say the oil was down to or below minimum, I was only 5 minutes from my destination so I continued steadily and when I got there it soon be came apparent that there was a fair leak, nothing on the dipstick and the rainbow tinted stains all around the front of the car, last night I added 1.5 litres of oil in hopes to get the oil up to a safe level to drive home but still nothing showed on the dipstick, so rather than chance doing any damage I got a taxi home.  I do check the oil weekly so I know the drop in oil is sudden.  A search through these forums and it seems the oil cooler failing seems to be a common problem, the question is would it be safe to drive it to the nearest Audi garage about 10 miles away or should I be getting it towed there? Does the oil run through the oil cooler all the time or just when it gets above a certain temperature?
It still has 7 months audi warranty left to run so that should cover the repair.

[CellDamage]

It's likely that one of the oil cooler lines has corroded to the point that it has gone from weeping to a full on leak.

Get it recovered to be on the safe side.

[drbru]

Sounds like oil cooler to me, there is a way to get this under warranty but some garages are more difficult than others

(I got mine sorted under warranty)

[PJC]

Don't drive it, not worth the risk.

[Audi Pardner]

As above; don't risk driving it. Nice that your warranty will cover repair costs

[coldo]

Not worth the risk. For the sake of 10miles get it recovered, won't be expensive.