200 Turbo Quattro oil leak condition

[Kneale Brownson]

At 09:49 AM 11/20/2003 -0500, Mike Arman wrote:
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>>From: DevilInsidetunin at aol.com
>>Subject: 200 Turbo Quattro oil leak condition
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>>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.
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>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.

Probably best to apply a bit of thread sealant to the bolts that go into
the oil pump.