A4 Avant spewing oil

[thejimrose]

if the oil cooler o ring is going south it will generally leak for a while.
on my a4 it was enough to give a nice coating of oil mist all over the
engine bay, but not enough to drip onto the ground. did this for a few
months [like 24] before i got to it [i know.. i know..].

Not sure what your oil smell is, can't imagine why it would be related to
firm stops. There's several places the 1.8 will mist / leak oil that will
cause an oily smell - my leaky o ring definitely did. valve cover gasket,
pcv parts, oil cooler lines and gasket, among other.

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:

> So this can be spotted before it drains the pan? Reason I am asking is that
> I have been smelling an 'oily burning'
> smell very occasionally for about 10 days now, generally after a firm stop
> and only when stopped. Wonder if it
> could be related to this o-ring deal.
>
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>
> *To:* quattro at audifans.com
> *Sent:* Mon, December 21, 2009 12:06:13 PM
> *Subject:* Re: A4 Avant spewing oil
>
> >>Those of you with 1.8t's that haven't done this yet, consider replacing
> this
> o-ring preemptively.
>
> +1
>
> normally they will leak a bit of oil around the filter for some time before
> they up and fail, so you will usually have a little warning. highly
> recommended preemptive repair.. 24 mm big nut iirc..
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