200 Turbo Quattro oil leak condition

[Mike Arman]

>From: DevilInsidetunin at aol.com
>Subject: 200 Turbo Quattro oil leak condition
>
>Hey all,
>I'm a proud newer owner of an 89' 200 Turbo Quattro 10V. I love the car
>as it only has 35,000 original miles but recently I have been plagued with a
>dreaded oil leak condition. From what it seems, It looks like the oil leak is
>emminating from either the crank seal or oil pump.



Sounds to me like you just replaced the timing belt . . . check that the 
bolts holding the lower timing belt cover (6mm) are tight - but not too 
tight, because they *can* be stripped. And they can be interchanged, they 
are not all the same length.

Doubtful the car has only 35K on it - the odometers on type 44 Audis (also 
known as type $$ here on the list) are known for giving up at low mileages. 
I have a 1986 5000, for instance, that has only 41,000 miles indicated. 
When I renew the plates, the DMV always asks "Don't you drive it?" (I love 
jerking them around.)

35K or 350K doesn't seem to matter - many, many listers are well over 
200,000 miles on their 5 cyl Audis, and they run fine, strong, healthy, and 
don't burn oil. These engines simply do NOT seem to break. We won't talk 
about the rest of the car . . .

The bolts I'm talking about are long 6mm's, they hold on the lower timing 
belt cover. One or two of them go into an oil passage (clever design!), and 
if they are swapped around, you'll get leaks as you describe. Crank front 
seal is nothing special, so I doubt the leak is from there.

You don't need to worry about the oil pump - I have never seen a bad one, 
and don't ever recall even hearing about a bad one on this list, whatzit 
been, seven years now?

Best Regards,

Mike Arman

90 V8Q, 86 5k, 86 5KQT (the 5Ks are for sale)