Oil Loss/Consumption/Pressure issue : Could it be Rear Main Seal?

[Ed Kellock]

On my 85 urq I had the infamous rear main seal squeal.  It occurred to me
that since I don't drive it often, it had been some time since I changed the
oil (maxima mea culpa).  I changed oil and filter and added some snake oil
seal restorer (did you read that Bernie?!) and the squeal is gone.  Voila.

Ed

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> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Hayes Myers
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 7:21 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Oil Loss/Consumption/Pressure issue : Could it be 
> Rear Main Seal?
> 
> 
> Put the car on stands to get underneath and take a look.   
> Behind the rear
> main seal there is oil streaming along the length of the 
> tranny.  Looks like
> it has cleaned up the tranny nicely. (is that a sign of the 
> leak ?)   I'm
> wondering if a rear main could cause loss of 1 litre of oil 
> in 500km along with the oil pressure indication issue? 
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> I was seeing fluctuating oil pressure with drops  below 2 at 
> idle.and starting near full pressure on gauge and simply 
> bleeds off pressure as the car warms up.
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> 91 TQM 200 10v
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