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Post by yogi » Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:01 pm

While doing some work at the weekend I spotted nasty oily grease at the bottom side of the engine. Any clue what that is or where the oil might come from?

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Post by jamesthecat » Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:05 am

:shock: yep same as mine by the looks of it,i have a very very small leak coming from the rocker cover,unit 20 had a look and said not worth bothering about, i noticed it about 6 moon ago and iv not noticed any drop in the oil apparently its a common prob and to sort it the engine has to be moved

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Post by jamesthecat » Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:15 am

if your worried about that then here is another,i noticed that the rubber tubing coming off the n75s were coroded so took the air box off on Saturday and found that every bit of rubber had either cracked or fell to bits when i moved it,now that cant be good :( it was easy to replace it all as its just diesel fuel line piping took 15 mins to replace,now it runs even better than before :D and didn't even use any hammers :shock: i did get some piks but just cant get them to go on here :(

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Post by ecain63 » Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:47 am

Rocker cover? Looks to me like its coming from the oil filter housing. Where the housing meets the block (not where it meets the filter) there is bit with a couple of copper washers. They do leak from time to time and its a pretty straight forward fix, but will require a new filter housing as Audi made it a 'sealed unit' (not the cheapest fix).
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Post by Daveperc » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:05 am

the rubber tubing coming off the n75s were coroded

There was a thread with pics on this a while back - try http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... acuum+hose

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Post by HYFR » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:17 am

mines going in on the wkend for leakingg rocker cover gaskets

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Post by vikingrs6 » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:20 am

aka_dk wrote:mines going in on the wkend for leakingg rocker cover gaskets
I notice you said "gaskets" are you having both done?.. I did the passenger side a few months ago but was under the impression the drivers side has access issues and you need to drop the engine to sort - i'd be interested to know how they do it without dropping the engine if it's both sides for future reference.. ta
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Post by HYFR » Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:41 am

its going to audi, under audi warranty, so they'll probably drop the enine an charge the warranty co eleventybillion dollarpounds

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Post by vikingrs6 » Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:25 am

aka_dk wrote:its going to audi, under audi warranty, so they'll probably drop the enine an charge the warranty co eleventybillion dollarpounds
Only eleventybillion :lol:
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Post by jamesthecat » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:50 pm

sorry yogi :( looks like ecain was right i thought my little oil leak was trickling onto the oil filter but now iv had a proper look it is coming from the same place as yours,but the good news is that the one from the cam cover has stopped :D

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Post by ecain63 » Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:20 am

jamesthecat wrote:sorry yogi :( looks like ecain was right i thought my little oil leak was trickling onto the oil filter but now iv had a proper look it is coming from the same place as yours,but the good news is that the one from the cam cover has stopped :D

Yay! I got something right. Hope you get it sorted mate.
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