[V8] 93 4.2 oil leak

[Greg Furstenwerth]

Well I slowed part of my leak by replacing the oil pressure sender 
switch... Its still leaking but nowhere near as bad as it was now the 
question is where is the rest of this phantom leak :) I am going to 
replace the gaskets around that area and hope for the best as they are 
10$ for the 2 I need.

Blasted oil when is it going to be considered useless ;-)

Greg
93 V8, North Bend WA

Ingo Rautenberg wrote:
> You make want to define "large."  Is there a large puddle of oil on  
> the ground after sitting overnight, a small puddle, a few drops, or a  
> bunch of oil coating the bottom driver's side of the engine?
>
> I'm looking for a similar leak, but would certainly not classify mine  
> as "large" -- at least not yet...
>
> Ingo
>
> On Apr 24, 2006, at 12:03 PM, swett at comcast.net wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello V8 heads,
>>
>> I'm having some trouble finding the source of a pretty large oil  
>> leak on the drivers side bank of my 93 4.2.  Not being very  
>> familiar with this engine yet, allow me to ask for your expertise.
>>
>> This leak appears to be coming off the back corner of the head, at  
>> the head gasket.  Is there a distributor gasket that could be blown  
>> sending oil down along this route?  I thought I've heard or read of  
>> somebody else over the years experiencing this leak.  It just  
>> doesn't seem to me that a head gasket could leak oil at this rate.   
>> I'm hoping that either my V/C gasket is leaking or perhaps  
>> something at the distributor.  Car has 100k on it.
>>
>> would love to hear about any similiar symptoms of this nature that  
>> you've seen before.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Regards,
>> Allen
>> Too many audis to list.
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