A6 oil leak ?

[Kent McLean]

DGraber460 at aol.com wrote:
> I am one, of probably many, that have a 98 A6 2.8 with the accursed oil  leak 
> at the back of the head through the less than "superior  German engineering" 
> ball bearing peened into the head. It drips directly  onto the manifold and 
> makes the car smell bloody awful.
> The options are;
> 1 Fix the leak by pulling the head.
> 2 Live with it.
> 3 Sell/trade it as is.

4. Clean it.

That is, remove the traces of oil that are leaking down onto the
manifold.  That should get rid of the odor temporarily.  It will
take a while for the leak to find its way onto the manifold again.
When it does, repeat the cleaning process (until you sell or trade
it :-).

Kent
'94 100 S Avant
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"