[s-cars] oil leak onto cat

[Martin, Gary G]

I'd take a real close look at the right side half shaft transaxle seal. If
this one leaks, the shaft slings the oil around pretty good. Ends up wetting
the kitty. Might be kind of hard to determine where the leak is coming from.
It is fairly easy (and cheap) to replace this seal. My 200 leaked from here.
If in doubt, you may want to replace this one before moving on to more
$$$pensive repairs.

Gary
94 UrS4
91 200 TQA



Hello,
After travelling longer distances (say, over an hour on the freeway), I am
noticing that on occasion I get a burning oil aroma and a little bit of
smoke after I shut the engine off.  Upon further investigation, it appears
that a few drops of oil are being dropped onto the passenger side catalytic
converter.  While reading the current Audi Driver magazine, it appears that
the S8 has a problem wherein the rear seal in the transmission leaks a bit
onto the cat once the car is completely up to temperature, which appears to
be the same issue that I am having. That article states that it is not that
big of a deal to fix (2-3 hours).  Is it the same/similar in our cars?
Anybody BTDT?  Or could it be somtheing totally different? Thanks, Jim Klein
95.5 S6Avant 93 S4


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