Persistent oil leak

[Fred Munro]

Mike;

I've never owned a 4ktq, but on my 5ktq's I always sealed the bolts Marques
mentions with Loctite blue. I'd suggest in addition to Marques advice you
remove the bolts, clean them up, and seal them with Loctite. If you've
installed the crank seal square and the crank itself is not obviously worn
where the seal has been running it's not likely that two new seals would
leak that badly. You'd have to have deep scratches in the oil pump housing
to have that kind of leakage around the outside of the seal.

A loose bolt can leak a lot of oil - there's a reason I started sealing them
with Loctite... ;)

HTH

Fred Munro
'94 S4
'97 S6


-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Mholme3 at aol.com
Sent: July 9, 2006 11:20 PM
To: msuffern at gmail.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Persistent oil leak


Did you check for loose bolts, not missing but loose?  I went through  the
same thing on mine.  All those little bolts run through  oil galleys and
make it
hard to track down.  I started from the top  and worked my way down. Check
the cam seal at the valve cover, and the valve  cover gasket itself.  That
can
cause bad leaks. The rear timing belt cover  bolts, and the bolt that runs
in
the middle of the idle roller, check  everything, trust no one..There is
even a
bolt on the a/c compressor bracket  that can cause a leak.

Marques

87 4ktq
00 S4
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