[V8] FW: oil leak

[Paul Jager]

I have the same leak rear RH side.

It does appear to be the head gasket. By running low viscosity oil it lowers
the oil pressure and slows the leak.

I was thinking of turning the head bolts 1/4 turn or so. But ultimately
there is an issue with the block/heads or the gasket itself. RPM Sensors etc
are oil coated.  I can't see anywhere else this leak could come from.

93 4.2 ~ 120K miles.


Paul
www.jageng.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "CB&D, LLC" <cbdllc at ntelos.net>
To: "@V8 list" <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] oil leak


> In my quest for a dry motor I cleaned it today.  Two cans of Gunk
> and a power washer hooked to hot water.  The good news is it looks
> great.  The not so good news are the oil leak(s)  I have one on the
> left rear and one on the right front.
>
> The rear leak appears just under the exhaust header for cylinder 8
> and drips off the corner of the block.  The distributor and valve
> cover seals are new and dry.  The motor mount and RPM sensor heat
> shield block a view of the exact point of origin, but it appears
> that it can only be the head gasket.
>
> The leak at the front appears just under the exhaust for cylinder 1
> and pools in the "V" at the top of the cover that the oil sensors
> attach to and then runs down on top of the alternator.  I thought
> this leak was coming from the front cover, but now that things are
> clean it looks more like the head gasket.
>
> So...the motors clean for now, but it looks like a "dry" motor are
> not in the cards for me any time soon.
>
> Has anyone done the head gaskets that can encourage me with a "oh,
> that's easy to fix"?
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of swett at comcast.net
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 12:04 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] 93 4.2 oil leak
>
> 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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