Assistance Please -- 94 S4

[Vincent Gelinas]

The early s4 were 20VT. I would guess that an oil line or seal in the turbo
is loose enough that it gives out under boost, but is tight enough to
contain things during idle.
On Mar 2, 2012 10:36 PM, "John Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:

> Oil filler cap, dipstick loose? Overfilled oil getting pulled through the
> air filter?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On
> Behalf Of b1biker at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 6:54 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Assistance Please -- 94 S4
>
> Background -- left to go skiing this am and car ran a little rough for the
> first 2-3 miles then cleared up and ran fine. On the way home the roughness
> returned and I thought that I might have a bad plug or plug wire. Just
> before I got home I noticed smoke from the exhaust on a long downhill
> stretch. After arriving at home I opened the hood and found the firewall
> coated with oil in the area directly behind the engine. The oil coats the
> firewall almost to the top of the engine compartment. I also found engine
> oil to be down by 1 1/2 qts. in less than 60 miles. I added oil and started
> the engine but could not find any visible oil leak. The engine is still
> running rough and there is significant oil smoke from the exhaust.
>
> Any thoughts on where the oil  is coming from and why the engine is
> suddenly
> running rough and smoking would be greatly appreciated.
> Gary Meierl
> 88 5KSQ - 94 S4
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