[V8] FW: oil leak

[Paul Jager]

I put the splash shield system in as well...however, being in the country
any smell - exhaust, oil burn is amplified.

So after a run the even vapors from the hot block smell up the garage.

My service record shows new headgaskets at about 40K miles. I think when the
car hit 70K miles the first owner said enough is enough.
The dealer set him up with an A8 and essentially wholesaled the V8 to me on
a "no come backs" condition.

The leak slows when the block expands which leads me to believe if the head
bolts are tightened say a 1/4 turn it will slow the flow at least 50%.

My theory is which such a short engine there is not quite the traditional
surface area there to seal the oil passage.


Paul
www.jageng.com


  -----Original Message-----
  From: D Morralee [mailto:superdaveski at hotmail.com]
  Sent: May 15, 2006 8:43 AM
  To: pjager at telus.net; v8 at audifans.com
  Cc: cbdllc at ntelos.net
  Subject: RE: [V8] FW: oil leak






  Paul

  My V8 has the same sort of leak as yours ... I have tried to source it and
felt that it was leaking were the cyl head meets the block. I have not fixed
the leak, but I've stopped getting this comment " hey your cars smokin "  I
put a simple metal plate over the crossover ( exhaust ) this way there is no
more smoke .....

  Dave

  4.2L 93   / 5000cdqt 87 wintercar



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    From:  Paul Jager <pjager at telus.net>
    Reply-To:  pjager at telus.net
    To:  v8 at audifans.com
    CC:  cbdllc at ntelos.net
    Subject:  [V8] FW: oil leak
    Date:  Fri, 12 May 2006 14:30:29 -0700
    >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
    >
    >PS These SS exhaust tips do fit and look great on the V8Q...
    >http://www.jageng.com/Images/ExhTip_GT_SS.jpg
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >----- 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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