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Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked okay, so I didn't worry about it. However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable. The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, JKG |
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How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
Thanks. -- _________________________________ http://austinmini.ositech.net Looking for cheap Austin Mini, Wagon, Clubman, Mokes and other variants for sale in the USA. "Jonathan Goodish" > wrote in message ... >I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along > with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost > immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all > over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated > smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked > okay, so I didn't worry about it. > > However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment > sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the > underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the > garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up > the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and > after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to > coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the > garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change > or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable. > > The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the > crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it > could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of > changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas? > > > Thanks, > JKG |
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In article <Uoexd.295$L7.126@trnddc05>,
"AustinMini.OsiTech.Net" (remove)> wrote: > How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi. > > Thanks. I believe it was around $500 in labor, plus parts. JKG |
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Did they change the seals also?
If so maybe one, or more, were incorrectly installed. :-( If not maybe they should have changed them while in there. later, dave (One out of many daves) "Jonathan Goodish" > wrote in message ... >I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along > with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost > immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all > over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated > smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked > okay, so I didn't worry about it. > > However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment > sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the > underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the > garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up > the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and > after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to > coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the > garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change > or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable. > > The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the > crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it > could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of > changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas? |
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if the damn thing leaks oil don't sound like the indy price of $500 is
always going to be a deal. Strange how someone would not see the problems you had and is just looking at the bottom line. It was just a thought. "dave AKA vwdoc1" > wrote in message m... > Did they change the seals also? > If so maybe one, or more, were incorrectly installed. :-( > If not maybe they should have changed them while in there. > > later, > dave > (One out of many daves) > > "Jonathan Goodish" > wrote in message > ... >>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along >> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost >> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all >> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated >> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked >> okay, so I didn't worry about it. >> >> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment >> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the >> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the >> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up >> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and >> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to >> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the >> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change >> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable. >> >> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the >> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it >> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of >> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas? > > |
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In article > ,
"ian" > wrote: > if the damn thing leaks oil don't sound like the indy price of $500 is > always going to be a deal. Well, $500 was for the labor, there was another $400+ in parts, so with sales tax and all it was around $1,000. A little cheaper than the dealer, but not a lot cheaper than the dealer. The independent shop seems to have a good reputation, but the car may end up at the dealer because I don't want to ignore this leak. I don't know that the independent shop caused it, but something they did either caused it, made it worse, or the timing was terribly coincidental. JKG |
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If your sure its oil then it most likely is coming from a camshaft seal. If
your oil level isn't dropping at all then you could be seeing power steering fluid. Check that and see how much is left in the reservoir. Does your turbo seem to be working ok? Chuck "Jonathan Goodish" > wrote in message ... >I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along > with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost > immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all > over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated > smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked > okay, so I didn't worry about it. > > However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment > sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the > underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the > garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up > the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and > after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to > coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the > garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change > or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable. > > The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the > crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it > could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of > changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas? > > > Thanks, > JKG |
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